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Pirates
This appears to be an excerpt from--or retelling of--the significantly longer work "A General History of the Pyrates." Though the original was written by a "Captain Charles Johnson," this abbreviated edition also employs different language in the telling of the tales, to the extent that it's hard to tell whether it was written by the same author as the original... and to complicate matters, "Captain Charles Johnson" is presumed to be a pseudonym while the author remains unidentified.
92 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2013
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Charles Johnson
107Ìýbooks11ÌýfollowersCaptain Charles Johnson, the author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, has not been identified.
It has often been assumed that the name Captain Charles Johnson was a pseudonym, but nothing definitive has been determined about who he may have been. For a period of nearly fifty years, the prevailing theory was that the author's true identity was Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe. But that theory has been challenged and invalidated based on a lack of supporting evidence. Nonetheless, his book, which is in the public domain, has been published in a large number of editions by various publishers and in translations around the world, often employing the name Daniel Defoe on the cover.
It has often been assumed that the name Captain Charles Johnson was a pseudonym, but nothing definitive has been determined about who he may have been. For a period of nearly fifty years, the prevailing theory was that the author's true identity was Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe. But that theory has been challenged and invalidated based on a lack of supporting evidence. Nonetheless, his book, which is in the public domain, has been published in a large number of editions by various publishers and in translations around the world, often employing the name Daniel Defoe on the cover.
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