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jason_pym's review against another edition
A non-fiction book on pirates for kids, the main drive of which is to tell children that pirates were not colourful adventurers but rather brutal robbers. So Stockton gives a series of cautionary accounts of real pirates, with the minimum of context or detail. I could only get about halfway through; it's not a patch on Stockton's Bee-Man of Orn.
lindetiel's review against another edition
4.0
[b:Buccaneers and Pirates|11706040|Buccaneers and Pirates|Frank R. Stockton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394227599s/11706040.jpg|441492] is a unique reading. It may be childish or naive at times, certain gruesome historical facts are omitted, but it is after all a book for youngsters. It is an amazing experience in this respect that it allows the reader to reveal two types of history at once: facts and history of the American pirates,and the attitude towards young people at the turn of the 19th and 20th century.
Taking into consideration the target audience of the book, as well as the time in which the book was written, it's easier to turn a blind eye on certain gaps and omissions in the narration. This book is, most of all, a cautionary tale.
Being interested both in the culture and lifestyle of the 19th c. and the subject of pirates, I found this book to be very enjoyable.
Taking into consideration the target audience of the book, as well as the time in which the book was written, it's easier to turn a blind eye on certain gaps and omissions in the narration. This book is, most of all, a cautionary tale.
Being interested both in the culture and lifestyle of the 19th c. and the subject of pirates, I found this book to be very enjoyable.
melomania138's review against another edition
3.0
Really fun read but I wish there was more colorful description of the events being described. I would guess this book was definitely aimed at older children seeing as how so many gory and brutal details are left to the imagination and the stories are presented as cautionary tales, where the author is constantly pointing out how brutish and immoral pirates were rather than glorifying them.
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