by Howard Pyle
The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes
Being the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia, where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands
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~12 hours (708K characters)
Project Gutenberg