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Coffee Break Collection 018 - Pirates

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Read by Chris Pyle, Lynne T, Garth Burton, Colleen McMahon, Josh Kibbey, Phil Schempf, April6090 and Craig Campbell · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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A Ballad of John Silver by John Masefield (2:08)
An Old Song Resung by John Masefield (1:22)
The Adventures, Trial and Execution of Captain Gow by Charles Ellms (6:36)
Adventure with Pirates, by James O. Brayman (9:54)
Capture of a Chinese Pirate Fleet by Anonymous (6:04)
Derelict: A Reminiscence of Treasure Island by Young E. Allison (3:18)
Execution of the Pirates by Ezra Baldwin Strong (8:01)
Home of Blackbeard, One of America's Cruelest Pirates by Anonymous, from the Dawson Record, August 16, 1903 (5:49)
The Life and Exploits of Anne Bonney by Charles Ellms (3:41)
The Life of John Massey, Who Died for Piracy by Arthur L. Hayward (8:10)
The Life of Philip Roche, a Pirate, etc. by Arthur L. Hayward (14:25)
On Pirates by Richard Middleton (7:09)
Captain Thomas White by Henry Hartford Benton and Thomas Carey (9:47)
The United States v. Smith, 1820 US Supreme Court (4:25)
The Yankee Privateer by Arthur Hale (3:23)