The Buccaneers

Author : Edith Wharton,Marion Mainwaring
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440621390

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The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton,Marion Mainwaring Pdf

Edith Wharton's spellbinding final novel tells a story of love in the gilded age that crosses the boundaries of society—soon to be an original series on AppleTV+! “Brave, lively, engaging...a fairy-tale novel, miraculouly returned to life.”—The New York Times Book Review Set in the 1870s, the same period as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents' money is too new. At the suggestion of their clever governess, the girls sail to London, where they marry lords, earls, and dukes who find their beauty charming—and their wealth extremely useful. After Wharton's death in 1937, The Christian Science Monitor said, "If it could have been completed, The Buccaneers would doubtless stand among the richest and most sophisticated of Wharton's novels." Now, with wit and imagination, Marion Mainwaring has finished the story, taking her cue from Wharton's own synopsis. It is a novel any Wharton fan will celebrate and any romantic reader will love. This is the richly engaging story of Nan St. George and Guy Thwarte, an American heiress and an English aristocrat, whose love breaks the rules of both their societies.

Author : Iain Lawrence
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307515186

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The Buccaneers by Iain Lawrence Pdf

"There’s pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive," says Mr. Spencer to his son. These words will come to haunt 17-year-old John as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his crew of the Dragon set off for waters few of them have sailed before. So when they come upon a lifeboat adrift at sea, some are wary of the sailor aboard. Something about his story doesn’t quite make sense. Still, John respects the stranger’s awe-inspiring seamanship. With Horn on deck, he feels the Dragon is in the best of hands. But is Horn to be trusted? The answer becomes muddled as the Dragon encounters a very real — and very dangerous — pirate ship. Now John starts to believe his father’s warnings, especially after he becomes stranded on an island reputed to have buried treasure. A place teeming with buccaneers!

Author : Linda Lee Chaikin
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802483690

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The Buccaneers Series by Linda Lee Chaikin Pdf

This set includes all three books of the Buccaneers Series: Port Royal, The Pirate and His Lady, and Jamaican Sunset. In Port Royal, the Caribbean Sea teems with piracy and privateering as Captain Baret "Foxworth" Buckington searches for his father. Though declared legally dead, Baret is certain his father is alive, perhaps being held prisoner. Willing to jeopardize his title, his inheritance, and his life in order to find his father, he sets sail and swears vengeance upon Spain. Amidst the slavery, brutality, and cruel gossip on a Jamican Sugar estate, Miss Emerald Harwick seeks an escape. Rejected by her father's wealthy family, Emerald is constantly reminded of her deceased mother's notorious reputation and her father's escapades on the high seas. Only two things keep her going--working in the Christian Singing School and her plans to secretly marry an indentured servant. In desperation, they plan to leave Jamaica. But Emerald's father has other plans! As their paths intertwine, Emerald and Baret set out on a journey filled with danger, intrigue, and romance. In The Pirate and His Lady, Jamaica is a hotbed of piracy, violence, and spiritual conflict. Emerald Harwick is caught amidst each. Her fiance, Captain Baret "Foxworth" Buckington, defies the laws of the Jamaican Council and sails with notorious arch pirate Henry Morgan, hoping to find his imprisoned father among the Spanish dons. Her marriage delayed, Jamaican law forces Emerald to also put her heart's desire on hold: teaching Christianity to the African slaves. She fights disappointment and seeks an end to the spiritual conflict with her culture. Emerald is caught in a web of disillusionment, anger, and fear. As Spanish sympathizers gain the ear of the king, she must face a most frightening possibility: If caught, Baret will be arrested and hanged at Execution Dock. In Jamaican Sunset, Emerald Harwick, publicly betrothed to Baret Buckington, can scarcely contain her joy. She will manage her plantation's Great House on Jamaica until his return from sailing with buccaneer Henry Morgan, and then they will marry. Meanwhile, she will begin a singing school and translate the African slave chants God's songs of redemption. But then problems out of the past put in an unexpected appearance. Emerald is abducted and finds herself on an unscheduled sea voyage. That long-ago stolen treasure from the Prince Philip comes into play once more. Baret hopes to free his imprisoned father and unearth the treasure. But Baret's enemy--pirate Rafael Levasseur--emerges as a final threat to Emerald's cherished hopes. Can the God in whom she trusts indeed cause all things to work together for good?

Author : Iain Lawrence
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780440416685

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Ghost Boy by Iain Lawrence Pdf

Harold Kline is an albino—an outcast. Folks stare and taunt, calling him Ghost Boy. It’s been that way for all of his 14 years. So when the circus comes to town, Harold runs off to join it. Full of colorful performers, the circus seems like the answer to Harold’s loneliness. He’s eager to meet the Cannibal King, a sideshow attraction who’s an albino, too. He’s touched that Princess Minikin and the Fossil Man, two other sideshow curiosities, embrace him like a son. He’s in love with Flip, the pretty and beguiling horse trainer, and awed by the all-knowing Gypsy Magda. Most of all, Harold is proud of training the elephants, and of earning respect and a sense of normalcy. Even at the circus, though, two groups exist—the freaks, and everyone else. Harold straddles both groups. But fitting in comes at a price, and Harold must recognize the truth beneath what seems apparent before he can find a place to call home.

Author : Linda Lee Chaikin
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802483485

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Port Royal by Linda Lee Chaikin Pdf

As the Caribbean Sea teems with piracy and privateering, Captain Baret "Foxworth" Buckington searches for his father. Though declared legally dead, Baret is certain his father is alive, perhaps being held prisoner. Willing to jeopardize his title, his inheritance, and his life in order to find his father, he sets sail and swears vengeance upon Spain. Amidst the slavery, brutality, and cruel gossip on a Jamican Sugar estate, Miss Emerald Harwick seeks an escape. Rejected by her father's wealthy family, Emerald is constantly reminded of her deceased mother's notorious reputation and her father's escapades on the high seas. Only two things keep her going—working in the Christian Singing School and her plans to secretly marry an indentured servant. In desperation, they plan to leave Jamaica. But Emerald's father has other plans! As their paths intertwine, Emerald and Baret set out on a journey filled with danger, intrigue, and romance.

Author : Alexander O. Exquemelin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-27
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780486138695

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The Buccaneers of America by Alexander O. Exquemelin Pdf

Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.

Author : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674034037

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Buccaneers of the Caribbean by Jon Latimer Pdf

During the seventeenth century, sea raiders known as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. Buccaneers were not pirates but privateers, licensed to attack the Spanish by the governments of England, France, and Holland. Jon Latimer charts the exploits of these men who followed few rules as they forged new empires. Lacking effective naval power, the English, French, and Dutch developed privateering as the means of protecting their young New World colonies. They developed a form of semi-legal private warfare, often carried out regardless of political developments on the other side of the Atlantic, but usually with tacit approval from London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of such figures as William Dampier, Sieur Raveneau de Lussan, Alexander Oliver Exquemelin, and Basil Ringrose, Jon Latimer portrays a world of madcap adventurers, daredevil seafarers, and dangerous rogues. Piet Hein of the Dutch West India Company captured, off the coast of Cuba, the Spanish treasure fleet, laden with American silver, and funded the Dutch for eight months in their fight against Spain. The switch from tobacco to sugar transformed the Caribbean, and everyone scrambled for a quick profit in the slave trade. Oliver Cromwell’s ludicrous Western Design—a grand scheme to conquer Central America—fizzled spectacularly, while the surprising prosperity of Jamaica set England solidly on the road to empire. The infamous Henry Morgan conducted a dramatic raid through the tropical jungle of Panama that ended in the burning of Panama City. From the crash of gunfire to the billowing sail on the horizon, Latimer brilliantly evokes the dramatic age of the buccaneers.

Author : James Burney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN : HARVARD:HW3A2I

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History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney Pdf

Author : Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN : OSU:32435055629497

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The Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin Pdf

Author : Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 048640966X

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The Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin Pdf

Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.

Author : James Burney
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 048642328X

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History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney Pdf

"As factual and...authentic as anything on the subject could be." — The New Yorker. One of the most comprehensive and accurate accounts of buccaneering, this exciting narrative is the work of an experienced 18th-century sailor who traveled with Captain James Cook before the celebrated mariner was killed in the Sandwich Islands.

Author : Denis M. Crawford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786487370

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Hugh Culverhouse and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by Denis M. Crawford Pdf

From 1976 until 1994, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost far more games than they won. The Bucs’ status as a sporting punch line belied the fact that they were led by arguably the most important owner of that era. Known as the “Vice-Commissioner,” Hugh F. Culverhouse, Sr., wielded his financial acumen as a weapon, keeping other NFL owners in line through the economic downturn of the 1980s, two work stoppages, and a multimillion dollar lawsuit from a rival league. Culverhouse’s near–Dickensian frugality also led, directly and indirectly, to the Steve Young–Joe Montana quarterback controversy; Doug Williams’ triumph in Super Bowl XXII; and the largest fourth-quarter collapse in NFL history. Over two dozen interviews with Culverhouse’s allies and adversaries inform this thorough and balanced chronicle of the man and his team.

Author : Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Publisher : London T. Fisher Unwin 1891.
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044022643084

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The Buccaneers and Marooners of America by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin Pdf

Author : Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044021067947

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The History of the Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin Pdf

Author : Frederick Scarlett Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600060323

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Ambrose Oran; Or, With the Buccaneers. [With Plates.] by Frederick Scarlett Potter Pdf