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| Foreword. Dread Pirate Timmy or Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Ovaltine | |
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| Introduction. Pirating: The Sweet Trade | |
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| Pirate Fact and Fiction | |
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| Was there such a thing as cursed Aztec gold? | |
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| Was there really a pirate captain named Barbossa? | |
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| Was there ever a real pirate ship named the Black Pearl? | |
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| Were there cannibals in the Caribbean | |
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| Why was the Black Pearl beached on its side? | |
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| Was there a Code of Brethren among pirates? | |
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| For His Ship Revenge, the Articles of Captain John Phillips | |
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| Did pirates use compasses, magical or otherwise? | |
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| Could the British troops fire flintlock rifles and then fire again seconds later? | |
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| Who was Davy Jones? | |
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| Was there such a thing as a "dead man's chest"? | |
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| Did Captain Barbossa have to incite a mutiny to take control of the Black Pearl? | |
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| Did pirates consult voodoo priestesses? | |
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| Did pirates routinely destroy enemy ships? | |
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| Did pirates steal ships? | |
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| Did pirates use shipboard guns to attack shore-based British forts? | |
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| Did the British brand pirates? | |
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| Why would a seaman be justifiably alarmed if a cat was let out of its bag? | |
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| Was there ever a ship called the Flying Dutchman? | |
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| What was a letter of marque? | |
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| What weapons did pirates carry? | |
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| Were pirates hung? | |
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| Did pirates use marooning as a punishment? | |
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| Did pirates attack merchant ships? | |
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| Did pirates keep parrots on board? | |
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| Were all pirate flags black with a skull and crossbones design? | |
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| What forms of punishment did pirates inflict? | |
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| What strategies did pirates use to attack ships? | |
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| Did pirates bury their treasure? | |
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| Did pirates gamble with dice aboard ships? | |
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| Did pirates press-gang their victims? | |
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| Was Port Royal an English harbor during the golden age of piracy? | |
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| How did pirates employ shipboard guns? | |
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| Did pirates make their victims walk the plank? | |
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| Was there a sea beast like the kraken? | |
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| Could a pirate walk underwater by holding an inverted boat over his head? | |
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| Are Jack Sparrow's saber and pistol historically accurate? | |
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| Were there female pirates? | |
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| Was it bad luck to have a woman on board? | |
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| Did pirates wear peg legs? | |
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| Did pirates really drink rum? | |
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| Did pirates have feasts for guests? | |
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| A Pirate's Life for You | |
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| How to speak like a pirate | |
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| How to dress like a pirate | |
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| How to find your way around a pirate ship | |
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| How to live like a pirate: sea cruises | |
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| How to live the life of a pirate: pirate festivals | |
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| Discover pirate history: museums | |
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| Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean | |
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| Pirate Casting Call | |
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| What's your pirate I.Q.? | |
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| Appendix: Ports of Call | |
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| Pirate Books | |
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| Ghost Trap | |
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| Pirate Movies | |
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| General Pirate Websites | |
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| No Quarter Given | |
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| Disney Resources | |
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| Acknowledgments | |