Piracy & plunder : a murderous business /
Piracy and plunder
Milton Meltzer ; illustrated by Bruce Waldman.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2001.
- ix, 86 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 82) and index.
Surveys the history of pirates, why and how they became thieves and killers, the lives they led on sea and on land, the harm they did, and the fates they suffered.