Ghost Pirates: And Other Tales Of The High Seas [Paperback]

Haunted ships and ghoulish pirates abound in this thrilling collection.Ghosts. Pirates. Put the two together and youve got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written. It's enough to make anyone say, Shiver me timbers --with delight.The spirits of Davy Jones's locker have a long and colorful history among sailors and lovers of literature. From Daniel Defoe's The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts to Thomas Smollet's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle to Washington Irving's Adventures of the Black Fisherman, ghost pirates swashbuckle in and out of the scene, stealing the souls of the doomed and frightening the innocent. Prepare yourself for a thrilling ride.Tom McCarthy grew up on the Great Lakes. His love of sailing and the ocean is the driving force behind this collection of stories. He is also the editor of Classic Sailing Stories, Incredible Tales of the Sea, and Incredible Pirate Tales. He lives in Chester, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters.You can pray to God that they wont stumble across us. It strikes me that whether theyre ghosts, or not ghosts, theyre blood-gutted pirates.Pirates. Ghost ships. Murder. Man-eating alligators. Bloody revenge. Put them all together and youve got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written. Its enough to make anyone say, Shiver me timbers!with delight. The spirits of Davy Joness locker and his rivals have a long and colorful history among sailors and lovers of literature. From The Shadow of the Sea to The Pirate Who Could Not Swim to The Life, Atrocities, and Bloody Death of Blackbeard, these boisterous brigands come back to life in all their devil-may-care glory, stealing our hearts and imagination with their brashness. Prepare yourself for a thrilling ride.[Setting] - The stories take place all around the world.