title: The Ultimate Pirate Handbook
author: Libby Hamilton
description: Hamilton follows <i>The Fairy Tale Handbook </i>and <i>The Monstrous Book of Monsters </i>with an irreverent guide to the pirate life, full of information about crew hierarchy, slang, traditions, legendary ghost ships, and more...an entertaining book for sprogs looking to become full-fledged sea dogs.<br />Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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  # Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### Howard I. Pyle
  
  
    
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.  
  
  
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  * [FOREWORD](howpi_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [PREFACE](howpi_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [Chapter I](howpi_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [Chapter II](howpi_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [Chapter III](howpi_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [Chapter IV](howpi_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [Chapter V](howpi_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [Chapter VI](howpi_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [Chapter VII](howpi_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [Chapter VIII](howpi_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  
  
  
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  Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper,
  
  
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