Swashbuckling Scoundrels- Pirates in fact and Fiction

Reviewed by: Paula Johnson - Long Island Community Library, Long Island, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 5, 2017

Review

Swashbuckling Scoundrels is a great introductory text to pirates, real and fictional. For those young readers who have been introduced to pirates through film this is a good start to researching the truth behind the tales. The chapters scan the "golden age" of piracy right up to the modern and not quite so romanticized pirates of today, including digitalized piracy. The book covers pirates from all parts of the world and includes famous or infamous women pirates as well. The text is interspersed with many photos and artist renditions of well known pirates. The back pages include source notes, a bibliography, glossary, and additional readings and web sites. This would be a good reader for those interested in pirates or a good place to begin research on them.

Overall Book Score: very good