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Pirates are a frequent topic in fiction and are associated with certain stereotypical manners of speaking and dress, some of them wholly fictional. Some inventions of pirate culture such as "walking the plank" were popularized by J. M. Barrie's novel, Peter Pan, where Captain Hook's pirates helped define the fictional pirate archetype. Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver in Disney's 1950 film adaptation of Treasure Island also helped define the modern rendition of a pirate. The recent Pirates of the Caribbean films have helped kindle modern interest in piracy and have succeeded quite handsomely in box office grosses.

The classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance focuses on the Pirate King and his hopeless band of pirates on the South coast of England. The Pirate King is often believed to be inspiration for Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp's character in Pirates of the Caribbean). Various variants on the pirate idea exist, notably "space pirates" in science fiction, such as the TV series "Firefly," that imagine future space shipping subject to similar pressures as shipping in the Age of Exploration. Pirates are also common mascots and names of sports teams.

While pirates are generally terrible people, folklore has romanticized them (as with other similar figures drawing on the "bad man with a heart of gold" theme). Some pirates are even portrayed in a Robin Hood-type manner, which is not as far-fetched as it may sound since he was basically a land pirate. We don't know whether pirates would beat ninjas in a battle (ninjas are pretty cool, too), but the thought of a bunch of wild dandies sailing the lonely seas in search of adventure and gold is pretty intriguing.

 

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100 Things You Should Know About Pirates
by Andrew Langley
from Miles Kelly Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Barefoot Book of Pirates
by Richard Walker
from Barefoot Books
for 4th-7th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Black Buccaneer
Dover Evergreen Classics
by Stephen W. Meader
from Dover Publications
for 3rd-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$5.99
Blackbeard and Other Notorious Pirates - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Peter Copeland
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW)
$3.99
Blackthorn Winter
Monroe Family Chronicles #1
by Doug Wilson
from Veritas Press
Nautical fiction for 4th-6th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$15.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Book of Pirates
by Howard Pyle
from Dover Publications
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$16.95
Francis Drake
by Ronald Syme
from William Morrow & Company
for 3rd-5th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Innocent Voyage
by Richard Hughes, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Heritage Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$7.00 (2 in stock)
Jack Plank Tells Tales
by Natalie Babbitt
First Edition (first thus) from MDC Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Mice of the Herring Bone
by Tim Davis
from Bob Jones University Press
Animal Adventure for 2nd-4th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Mice of the Nine Lives
by Tim Davis
from Bob Jones University Press
Animal Adventure for 2nd-4th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Mice of the Seven Seas
by Tim Davis
from Bob Jones University Press
Animal Adventure for 2nd-4th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt
from Unicorn Publishing House
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Peter Pan
Dover Evergreen Classics
by J. M. Barrie
from Dover Publications
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$5.99 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Peter Pan in Scarlet
by Geraldine McCaughrean
from Margaret K. McElderry Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
by Richard Platt
from Candlewick Press
for 2nd-6th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
by Richard Platt
from Candlewick Press
for 2nd-6th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
$7.99
Pirate Queens: Notorious Women of the Sea - Coloring Book
by John Green
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW)
$3.99
Pirate Sticker Book
by Fiona Watt
from Usborne
for 1st-4th grade
Pirate's Son
by Geraldine McCaughrean
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-7th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Pirates
by Joshua B. Feder
1st edition from Mallard Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Pirates
by Nigel Cawthorne
from Chartwell Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Pirates and Buccaneers - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Peter F. Copeland
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW)
$4.99
Pirates and Privateers
by Edith S. McCall
from Children's Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Real Book About Pirates
by Samuel Epstein & Beryl Williams
from Garden City Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
Sailing Ships
by Thomas Bayley
for 4th-6th grade
in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Sir Francis Drake
Library of Explorers and Exploration
by Joy Paige
1st edition from Rosen Central
for 4th-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Stephen Decatur
Grosset & Dunlap Signature #29
by Iris Vinton, illustrated by Graham Kaye
from Grosset & Dunlap
Biography for 3rd-8th grade
in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
Story of the Barbary Pirates
Cornerstones of Freedom
by R. Conrad Stein
from Children's Press
for 4th-6th Grade
in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
Tales of Pirates and Buccaneers
by Howard Pyle
from Dilithium Press, Ltd.
for 4th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Time Travelers: New World Explorers - CD-ROM
Time Travelers History Study on CD-ROM
by Amy Pak
from Home School in the Woods
Unit Study for 3rd-8th grade
in Time Travelers (Location: HISRF-TT)
$19.00 $9.00 (3 in stock)
Treasure Hunters: TheSearch for Gold
by Nicola Barber
from Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
from Junior Deluxe Editions
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Igor Iljinski
from Barron's
for 4th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Treasure Island
Macmillan Classics
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by John Falter
from Macmillan
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Treasure Island - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by John Green
from Dover Publications
Coloring Book for 2nd-6th grade
in Literary & Fantasy Coloring Books (Location: COL-LIT)
Two Williams
Monroe Family Chronicles #3
by Doug Wilson
from Veritas Press
Nautical fiction for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$15.00
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