 Editor in Chief Bill   | 08 Jan 2018 2:00 p.m. PST |
What books did pirates read? Experts have made a remarkable discovery about their reading habits after deciphering paper fragments recovered from the wreck of Blackbeard's ship… link |
Dave Jackson  | 08 Jan 2018 2:18 p.m. PST |
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| Dave Jackson | 08 Jan 2018 2:19 p.m. PST |
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| Son of MOOG | 08 Jan 2018 2:21 p.m. PST |
I thought they read "peri-arrrghhhh-dicals" |
| Timbo W | 08 Jan 2018 2:27 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 08 Jan 2018 3:29 p.m. PST |
They read "Pirate Wench Weekly." But only for the Arrrr-ticles. |
| Legbiter | 08 Jan 2018 3:31 p.m. PST |
Rrreading, wrrrriting, and arrrrithmetic! Arrr! |
| evilgong | 08 Jan 2018 4:06 p.m. PST |
Used as wadding in a ship's gun, pirates were fierce literary critics – they gave this book only one parrot. |
| robert piepenbrink | 08 Jan 2018 4:26 p.m. PST |
You know, given Blackbeard had captured the ship, I doubt the previous owners had much of a chance to remove their personal goods. |
 Herkybird | 08 Jan 2018 4:30 p.m. PST |
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 20thmaine | 08 Jan 2018 6:07 p.m. PST |
Mostly instructional pamphlets like : Arrrrr….so you want so be a Pirate does ye ye bow legged land lubber? and The village idiots guide to being a Pirate |
| Frederick | 08 Jan 2018 6:30 p.m. PST |
They wuz Aaaar-back books! |
| Winston Smith | 08 Jan 2018 6:44 p.m. PST |
The article doesn't say the Pirates actually READ those books. It says they tore them up to use as cannon wadding.  |
| attilathepun47 | 08 Jan 2018 10:51 p.m. PST |
Ironically, Woodes Rogers, who commanded the voyage described in the book the fragments came from, subsequently was sent by the Crown to clean the pirates out of the Bahamas. Maybe using an account of his exploits for wadding was an expression of the pirates opinion of Rogers. |
| Dadster | 11 Jan 2018 8:51 a.m. PST |
LOL – Winston good point…. I am sure the paper was much too valuable to be used apres the water closet. |
