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The Top 10 Most Notorious Pirates: Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Captain Morgan...

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Book Title: Top 10 Most Notorious Pirates : Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Captain Morgan, Grace o'Malley, Black Bart, Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Henry Every and Howell Davis

Item Length: 9in.

Item Height: 0.7in.

Item Width: 6in.

Author: Charles RIVER Charles RIVER Editors

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Criminals & Outlaws

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2013

Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 18.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 308 Pages

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