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Gr 3–6—This oversize volume relates the dastardly doings of the infamous pirate Edward Teach. Coming of age during the "Golden Age of Piracy" (early 1700s) in the English port town of Bristol, he drew upon his natural bravado, energy, strength, and size to propel himself into the criminal life. Arriving in the Caribbean's pirate stronghold, he was soon put in command of his own ship and made his mark up and down the colonial North American coast as the plundering "Blackbeard," drinking cocktails of rum and gunpowder and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More