Blackbeard: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Famous Pirate

Includes historic illustrations of Blackbeard and important people, places, and events in his life. Includes a profile of Blackbeard from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates". Discusses common legends about Blackbeard and his appearance, separating fact from fiction. Includes a Table of Contents. "So our Heroe, Captain Teach, assumed the Cognomen of Black-beard, from that large Quantity of Hair, which, like a frightful Meteor, covered his whole Face, and frightened America more than any Comet that has appeared there a long Time. This Beard was black, which he suffered to grow of an extravagant Length; as to Breadth, it came up to his Eyes; he was accustomed to twist it with Ribbons, in small Tails, after the Manner of our Ramilies Wiggs, and turn them about his Ears." - Charles Johnson, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates