Pirate Tales Books
The Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows
Joseph ConradThe Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows is one of Joseph Conrad's works contained in what is now sometimes called the Lingard Trilogy, a group of novels based on Conrad's experience as mate on the steam..
The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
Daniel DefoeThe Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720) covers both land and sea in one volume, in two neatly composed halves. The first half of the novel includes a remarkable over..
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Daniel DefoeThe Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Just as in its significantly more popular predecessor, Robinson Crusoe, the first edition credits the wor..
Of Captain Mission and His Crew
Daniel DefoeDefoe has been recognized as the author of A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates since 1932 when John Robert Moore suggested that the supposed author, Captain Ch..
Perils of Certain English Prisoners
Charles DickensIn 1857, Charles Dickens paired up with his close friend and fellow Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins to produce this interesting novella. Said to have been inspired by the Sepoy Mutiny of that year, ..
In Search of the Castaways
Jules VerneIn Search of the Castaways is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–1868. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Édouard Riou. In 1876, ..
The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David WyssThe Swiss Family Robinson is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia...
An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls
Samuel B. AllisonAn American Robinson Crusoe is the outcome of many years of experience with the story in the early grades of elementary schools. It was written to be used as a content in giving a knowledge of the beg..