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Terror of the Spanish Main
Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers
By Marrin, Albert
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52545-942-2
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1999.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1999
Gr 6-Up Fascinating in its details and extremely readable, this book is hard to put down. In telling Morgan's story, Marrin reaches far beyond the buccaneer's exciting exploits, spinning a rip-roaring yarn of life in the age of exploration, beginning with Columbus's return from the New World and ending with the Jamaican earthquake of 1692 that unearthed Morgan's coffin, sending it out to sea. The writing is lively and the colorful primary-source quotations are almost pungent with the spice o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
