Pirates

Pirates? Yes, pirates. They're a big problem for cargo ships. What will you write about? The history of piracy, piracy today, depictions of pirates?




Books at the Park Forest Public Library:

The Buccaneers of America by A.O. Exquemelin (917.29 EXQ)
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty (972.904 TAL)
The Golden Age of Piracy by Hugh F. Rankin (910.453 RAN)
In Pirate Waters by Richard Wheeler (910.453 WHE)
Pirates by David J. Mitchell (910.453 MIT)
Pirates in History by Ralph T. Ward (910.453 WAR)
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life among Pirates by David Cordingly (910.45 COR)


Databases:

Suggested databases: EBSCOhost MasterFILE, Newspaper Source Plus, and History Reference Center; Student Research Center; Points of View; History Resource Center; Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Keywords: Pirates, Piracy

Limit to: Full text, peer-reviewed

Narrow results by subject: Pirates, Hijacking of Ships, Piracy


Internet Search:

Library of Congress: Exploring the Early Americas: Pirates and Privateers
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/AftermathoftheEncounter/CompetitionforEmpire/PiratesandPrivateers/Pages/SlObjectList.aspx
Check out these images about the historical pirate problem.

America.gov: Piracy links
http://search.state.gov/search?oe=utf8&output=xml_no_dtd&lr=lang_en&client=americagov&proxystylesheet=americagov&getfields=*&site=americagov&q=Piracy
View these articles on piracy from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.