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Tales Of The Atlantic Pirates.


Tales Of The Atlantic Pirates

Geoffrey Girard Geoffrey Girard is an award-winning fiction author whose works have appeared in several best-selling anthologies and magazines including Apex Digest and Writers of the Future.  

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Enthusiastically recommended and thoroughly entertaining reading, "Tales Of The Atlantic Pirates" is a compilation of thirteen original stories by Geoffrey Girard who bases his individual tales on historical pirates who once sailed and hunted along America's Atlantic coast. These engaging tales range from ghostly ghost·ly  
adj. ghost·li·er, ghost·li·est
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a ghost, a wraith, or an apparition; spectral.

2. Of or relating to the soul or spirit; spiritual.
 crews and cursed islands, to the capture of Blackbeard, and modern-day hunts of pirate treasure. Girard combines meticulous historical detail with a imaginative story-telling ability that includes the fire of cannon, the clash of swords, and the ruthless pursuit of black bannered sailing ships that are a part of America's maritime history Maritime history is a broad thematic element of global history. As an academic subject, it crosses the boundaries of standard disciplines, focusing on understanding mankind's various relationships to the oceans, seas, and major waterways of the globe. , folklore and adventure.
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