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Title: very informative
Review: This book was very informative about how pirates actually lived. It starts out with great stories but drags toward the middle and end with statistical information. The statistical information is good because it gives you an idea of just how prevalent piracy was, it just isn't as engaing a read as the stories in the early chapters. The book also talks at length about pirates in the movies and theater. This can become annoying if you are just interested in the facts. However, it gives great insight into the differeces between the romanticism and reality of pirates. The truth is pirate lives were hard. In general they tended not to live past thirty and died horrible deaths(drowning, shot, or hanging). Their typical career lasted around 3 years, hardly something to envy. Overall, a good read.
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