Pirates and shipwrecks : real tales of terror on the high seas : true stories
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Author
McCarthy, Tom,
Published
White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, [2016].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781619304758, 1619304759
Physical Desc
124 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Lexile measure
940L
Rating
940L
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In Transit
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Published
White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, [2016].
Language
English
ISBN
9781619304758, 1619304759
Lexile measure
940

Notes

General Note
"True stories" -- T.p.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 124).
Description
The crew of the Betsey didn't realize that not all of them would make it home to Maine from Cuba ... What happened to the 1845 Expedition to the Arctic? Did Captain Franklin and his men perish in the cold, or did they resort to horrible measures to stay alive? ... Mary Read didn't let being a woman keep her from becoming one of the most feared crew members aboard a pirate ship ... Two ships wreck on the same small island at the same time. Can the crews keep from being eaten by the Wild Men? ... He was shorter than most men and was missing an arm, but that didn't prevent Barbarossa from being the most feared pirate in the Mediterranean.
Target Audience
940L,Lexile

Subjects

LC Subjects
Andaman Islands (India) -- Juvenile literature.
Barbarossa, -- -1546 -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
John Franklin Arctic Expedition -- (1845-1851) -- Juvenile literature.
Junior literature.
Pirates -- Juvenile literature.
Read, Mary, -- -1720 -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks -- Juvenile literature.
True adventure stories.
Other Subjects
Pirates.
Shipwrecks.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McCarthy, T. (2016). Pirates and shipwrecks: real tales of terror on the high seas : true stories . Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCarthy, Tom. 2016. Pirates and Shipwrecks: Real Tales of Terror On the High Seas : True Stories. White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCarthy, Tom. Pirates and Shipwrecks: Real Tales of Terror On the High Seas : True Stories White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McCarthy, Tom. Pirates and Shipwrecks: Real Tales of Terror On the High Seas : True Stories Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, 2016.

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