Rosalinda Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 :huh:Ahhh, T.I. Today's Treasure Island trivia: who played Silver in the 1918 version???? Violet Radcliffe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Has anyone read the book "Ben Franklin's Privateers" ? It is an account of the two privateering vessels that Ben Franklin set into motion during the American Revolution. (what amazing things they leave out of the history books, eh?!!) I've been looking for a reasonably priced copy, but they seem to be pretty expensive. Is this book worth paying $25 or more for, or should I get it from the library? -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sage Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 This summer I am reading or have read: Tales along the King's Highway of South Carolina, Drawn to the Civil War, Nags Headers, Far Appalachia, Blackbeard the Pirate, Hidden Carolinas, and the Player's Handbook for POTC on PC. By the way, if there are any of you in NC, SC, or western VA, LET ME KNOW. I don't know of any 'cept Stynky, and he's not quite as local as western VA.(though he's a right fine lad for the chat room!) Captain Sage Captain Sage Visit The Pirate's Realm and Blackbeard's Realm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Finished Treasure Island (it was good!). Now reading Moby Dick ... and The Three Musketeers (hey, it's what's on the bookshelf...only thing remotely related) Also reading "How Do Witches Fly: A Practical Approach to Nocturnal Flights" by Alexander Kuklin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasGraceO'Malley Posted August 10, 2003 Author Share Posted August 10, 2003 I love reading moby dick, except I tend to skip the part where he goes into endless detail about whale anatomy and such. Call Me Ishmael..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Grace...you posted the second half of a poem yesterday..it seems to have disappeared...will you repost it. Would like to write it down. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Grace, Moby Dick?, Then try the Essex, the real Moby..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasGraceO'Malley Posted August 10, 2003 Author Share Posted August 10, 2003 Aye Royalist, my list of things I want to read has grown substantially these past few weeks following this thread. Rosalinda, it's the words to Jimmy Buffet's Pirate looks at 40 and here you go.. Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall You've seen it all, you've seen it all Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last, never meant to last And I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin' Down to rock bottom again Just a few friends, just a few friends (instrumental) I go for younger women, lived with several awhile Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day Still could manage to smile Just takes a while, just takes a while Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown Coda: I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown One of my fave songs of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasGraceO'Malley Posted August 10, 2003 Author Share Posted August 10, 2003 Another good Buffett nautical song is Captain and the Kid never used to miss the chance to climb up on his knee And listen to the many tales of life upon the sea We'd go sailing back on Barkentines we'd talk of things he did Tomorrow just a day away for the Captain and the kid His world had gone from sailing ships to raking mom's backyard He never could adjust to land although he tried so hard We both were growing older then and wiser with the years That's when I came to understand the course his heart still steers He died about a month ago while winter filled the air And though I cried I was so proud to love a man so rare He's somewhere on the ocean now that's where he oughta be With one hand on the starboard rail he's wavin' back at me I never used to miss the chance to climb up on his knee And listen to the many tales of life upon the sea We'd go sailing back on Barkentines talk of things he did The world was just a day away for the Captain and the kid For the Captain and this kid And now I must stop, cause I could post a ton of lyrics. I know people think of Jimmy Buffett as silly stuff, but if you go back to the older stuff which he mostly authored you will find a ton of great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalinda Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 The last Buffett albums (on vinyl!) that I bought were A White Sportcoat & a Pink Crustacean, Changes in Latitude..., and Coconut Telegraph...my Florida Days. Thanks for the lyrics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Kestrel Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 By the way, if there are any of you in NC, SC, or western VA, LET ME KNOW. Alrighty, then...Mad Kestrel, native to the South Carolina coast but lately landbound a few miles south of the NC border. So where are you, me dear? Mad Kestrel Privateer #9, IFoRP Captain of the Thanos (Fairhaven, CRF) But why is the rum gone? - Capt Jack Sparrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sage Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I'm in Winston-Salem, and in me past lived 10 years just outside of Charleston, SC... and me Mum lives in N. Myrtle Beach. Are we neighbors of sorts? Captain Sage PS(added after looky at yer details)- ain't ye the one what rushed in the door shoutin' about the Carolina Ren Faire witout givin' any details the first time? That was funny! Captain Sage Visit The Pirate's Realm and Blackbeard's Realm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Kestrel Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I'm in Winston-Salem, and in me past lived 10 years just outside of Charleston, SC... and me Mum lives in N. Myrtle Beach.Are we neighbors of sorts? ain't ye the one what rushed in the door shoutin' about the Carolina Ren Faire witout givin' any details the first time? That was funny! Aye, we are neighbors, after a fashion...I'm in Rock Hill, just a wee bit from Charlotte NC. *blushing* Well I wouldn't necessarily call it rushin' in...I'd been lurkin' about here for a good while. I learned a good lesson about postin' information without having the written words to hand for reference! Glad I gave ye a giggle! If ye do plan to come to our pirate weekend, let me know, and me crew'll give ye a right welcome. Mad Kestrel Privateer #9, IFoRP Captain of the Thanos (Fairhaven, CRF) But why is the rum gone? - Capt Jack Sparrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaica Rose Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Currently I'm reading "Blue Latitudes" by Tony Horwitz about Captain Cook. It's a very interesting book -- alternates between the historical account of Cook and Tony Horwitz's experiences following the voyages of Cook - even to spending some time sailing in the "Endeavour", replica of Cook's ship. Horwitz is a very intersting writer. I previously enjoyed his "Confederates in the Attic". At the same time, I just started reading the brand-new "The Pirate Wars" by Peter Earle (also author of "The Sack of Panama", "Treasure of the Concepcion" and "Wreck of the Almiranta".) The book is not yet available through a U.S. source, but that may change soon. You can get it from UK booksellers. I've just gotten started on this book and only a couple of chapters in. I'll be reviewing it for the Sept. No Quarter Given issue. I'm also reading "Die Schatzinsel" -- the German version of "Treasure Island" by R.L. Stevenson. I'm working on refreshing my high school German, and thought reading this story in German, when I have the English book to check for the translation when I get stuck, would be good and interesting practice. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "Fünfzehn Mann auf des Toten Truh, jo, ho, ho und 'n Buddel voll Rum." --Jamaica Rose Editor of No Quarter Given - since 1993 http://www.noquartergiven.net/ "Bringing a little pirate history into everyone's life" Find No Quarter Given ... on Facebook: facebook.com/noquartergiven ... and on Twitter: @NoQuarterGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Flint Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 For those who are interested.... I recently picked up a book called....... The Encyclopediea of Colonial and Revolutionary America.... edited by.. John Faragher... It is what it's titled. A thick book filled with brief historical info. about a huge list of people places and dates. Not to mentionall the other things in it. It's a pretty good reference book to have on hand though... The Capt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Current project: C.S. Forester, Hornblower and the Hotspur. To be followed by Captain Mary, Buccaneer and Moby Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nereid14 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I have all the L.O.T.R books and i reread them all the time. i do this because i am writting a stroy, or really a side story, about this fairy that meets up with legolas, aragorn and gimli when they are searching for merry and pippen, and she is prophicied to be a big part in the last stand against mordor but its really cool. i am also reding a lot of greek mythology books latly i have before, but hadnt had time to really get into them. well thats about all i have to say.. peace out! catptain Jack-picks up the bone and whistles] Come on, doggy. It’s just you and me now. It’s you and ol’ Jack , come on. Come on, good boy. That’s it, good boy, come on! Bit closer, bit closer. That’s it, that’s it, doggy. Come on you filthy, slimy, mangy cad. [there’s acrash downstairs and the dog runs away] No, no, no, no, no, I didn’t mean it. I didn’t... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyRoger03 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Are there any good quality books out there on some of the specific pyrates? I've read Under The Black Flag by David Cordingly already and am on round two. I was just looking for some good books that are on Black Beard, Henry Morgan, Emanuel Wynne, Edward Low, Batholomew Roberts, or Calico Jack Rackham specifically. Can anyone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Maria Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 So far I've read: Harry Potter & the Order of the Pheonix by J.K Rowling Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins The Sweet Trade by Eilzabeth Garrett I still have a pile I haven't gone through yet! I'll make a list of the ones I *will* read before the summer's gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Maria Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Are there any good quality books out there on some of the specific pyrates? I've read Under The Black Flag by David Cordingly already and am on round two. I was just looking for some good books that are on Black Beard, Henry Morgan, Emanuel Wynne, Edward Low, Batholomew Roberts, or Calico Jack Rackham specifically. Can anyone help me? Although I'd take the information in it with a grain of salt, if you haven't read "A General History of Pirates.." by Capt. Chas. Johnson is a good read. So is "Badits at Sea: A Pirate Reader" C.R. Pennel editor "Expedition WHYDAH The Story of the World's First Excavation of a ... " by Barry Clifford (I got it as a gift under the title of the Black Ship...") For a non-flattering book on Morgan try "Buccaneers of America" by Alexander O. Exquemelin (Morgan sued for libel on this book and won) "Cup of Gold..." by John Stienbeck (a fictional story of Morgan but a good read) That should get you started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyRoger03 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Although I'd take the information in it with a grain of salt, if you haven't read "A General History of Pirates.." by Capt. Chas. Johnson is a good read. So is "Badits at Sea: A Pirate Reader" C.R. Pennel editor "Expedition WHYDAH The Story of the World's First Excavation of a ... " by Barry Clifford (I got it as a gift under the title of the Black Ship...") For a non-flattering book on Morgan try "Buccaneers of America" by Alexander O. Exquemelin (Morgan sued for libel on this book and won) "Cup of Gold..." by John Stienbeck (a fictional story of Morgan but a good read) That should get you started! Thanx a bundle.....A couple I am particularly interested in are Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and Edward Low. Anything of good quality specifically on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDianae Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 At present , I'm doing my usuall reading of 2-3 books at the same time. Just finished up the Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander". A good introduction of how Jack and Stephan first meet. And then the other is the highly informative "Bandits at Sea: a Pirate Reader" edited by C.R. Pennell. To quote, "Bandits at Sea provides the first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to piracy. From history to geography, economics to sociology, sexuality to politics, Pennell's anthology brings together the best of current scholarship." --Peter Galvin, Indiana University. I'll drink to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan La Scylla Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Right now I'm in the midst of Oceans of Magic Edited by Brian M. Thomsen and Martin H. Greenberg. Find It Here A collection of short stories, ranging in fanciful rewritings of historical voyages, to Magical Maritime adventures and last, but not least, dealing with the Deities and the Deep Blue Sea itself. "So grab your treasure map and plot your course to mist-shrouded isles of enchantment in tales that will take you from a dock waif rescued by John Cabot for a voyage into dangers that might only be escaped by magic's grace...to a sorcerer awaiting the last days of Atlantis...to a spell-spawned encounter with a true Colossus..." Hoist the colors Laddies! We're goin' in fer the kill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan La Scylla Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 At present , I'm doing my usuall reading of 2-3 books at the same time. Just finished up the Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander". A good introduction of how Jack and Stephan first meet. And then the other is the highly informative "Bandits at Sea: a Pirate Reader" edited by C.R. Pennell. To quote, "Bandits at Sea provides the first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to piracy. From history to geography, economics to sociology, sexuality to politics, Pennell's anthology brings together the best of current scholarship." --Peter Galvin, Indiana University. I'll drink to that! That's next on my list! Plus eagerly awaiting the film to be released later in the year! Master And Commander Hoist the colors Laddies! We're goin' in fer the kill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyRoger03 Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 That's next on my list! Plus eagerly awaiting the film to be released later in the year! Master and Commander...I read the story on the site but what exactly is it about....pyracy or just a simple seafaring story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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