NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Adventure? Yes, more than one! Derring-do? Yes! Storms? Sea monsters? Rival pirates? Of course! Cameos by frequently anachronistic historical figures? You betcha! All that and more. Not since Moby-Dick. . . . No, not since Treasure Island. . . . Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a group of seafarers to rival The Pirates!, and their leader, the greatest ocean-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate Captain, who, although he lives for months at a time on the bounding main somehow manages to keep his beard silky and in good condition.

Author Biography

Gideon Defoe is the author of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists, and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon. Like all the English, he lives with his butler in a castle, and spends most of his time having jousts.