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Loading... The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab (2005)by Gideon Defoe
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Author: Gideon Defoe Age: YA, Adult Genre: humor, pirates, adventure A short and funny tale guarantee laughs out loud on every other page. However, at times it got a little too silly. I like the facts in the footnotes. One fact I learn is the exasperation freeze the ball off a brass monkey. To keep cannon balls from rolling on the ship deck. Brass plates were put under the cannon balls. When it gets cold out the brass contract and the canon ball will follow off. hangs the saying. Not at all what I through it was. I type in Gideon Defoe in my library cataloged to see if they more of the pirates and the animated movie Pirates Band of Mischief was the only thing that came up. Make me wonder if the movie bases off of these books. Characters: 4/5 If each of them has names I think it will add more than just be call the pirate with... Plot: 3/5 wasn't must of an adventure with Ahab Writing 5/5 1 Adult humor 1 for all the facts in the footnotes Total: 14/20= 4*stars* Read this book aloud on car trips to Jefferson and Andrew. I thought most of it was over Jefferson's head (well, a lot of the humor really was), but then when we finally finished the book, Jefferson kept asking about it. We started reading another book in this series, but misplaced it not long ago. Time to go on a hunt so we can see how it ends! no reviews | add a review
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Theyâ??re back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vesselâ??â??purchased on credit. In order to repay his debts, the Pirate Captain is determined to capture the enigmatic White Whale, hunted by the notoriously moody Ahab, who has promised a reward.Chaos ensues, featuring the lascivious Cutlass Liz, the worldâ??s most dangerous mosquito, an excerpt from the Pirate Captainâ??s novel in progress (a bodice ripper, of course), whale ventriloquism, practical lessons in whale painting, a shanty-singing contest in a Las Vegas casino, and a dra-matic climax in which the Pirate Captainâ??s prize ham saves the day!Move over No library descriptions found. |
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Got a lot out of the footnotes, including an enjoyable visit to Oxford's pitt museum ( )