These highly readable, magnificently illustrated tales defined the way we think of pirates today. With more than 50 black-and-white images and an expanded full-color insert of Pyle's iconic paintings, this volume presents the rip-roaring adventures of the buccaneers of the Spanish Main: "The Ghost of Captain Brand," "Tom Chist and the Treasure Box," "Jack Ballister's Fortunes," "The Ruby of Kishmoor," and other memorable tales.

"The Ghost of Captain Brand," "Tom Chist and the Treasure Box," "Jack Ballister's Fortunes," "The Ruby of Kishmoor," and other rip-roaring adventures of swashbuckling pirates. Includes numerous black-and-white and color illustrations by the author.