Captain Kidd

  • Captain Kidd: The Hunt for the Truth
    By Craig Cabell

    However, desperate times called for desperate measures and Kidd's crew was decimated. 17 In Captain Kidd's account of his voyage, filed at Calendar State Papers Colonial Series (CSPCS) America and West Indies, vol. 17, s.

  • Captain Kidd
    By Rebecca Stefoff

    Discover the life of Captain Kidd, the privateer-turned-pirate who is rumored to have buried a massive treasure near New England.

  • Captain Kidd: Seventeenth-century Pirate of the Indian Ocean and African Coast
    By Aileen Weintraub

    Discusses the life of William Kidd, a pirate who was hanged for his actions.

  • Captain Kidd
    By Sue L. Hamilton

    Discusses the life of William Kidd, known as Captain Kidd, and examines the history of pirating and details daily life aboard a pirate ship.

  • Captain Kidd
    By Rebecca Stefoff

    Gilkerson, William. A Thousand Years of Pirates. Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 2010. Hamilton, Sue. Captain Kidd. Minneapolis, MN: Abdo Group, 2007. Krull, Kathleen. Lives of the Pirates. New York, NY: HMH Books for Young Readers, ...

  • Captain Kidd: Pirate Hunter
    By Damian Harvey

    Exciting, page-turning adventures for children developing their reading confidence.

  • Captain Kidd: The Hunt for the Truth
    By Graham A. Thomas, Craig Cabell, Allan Richards

    The execution of Captain William Kidd on 23 May 1701 is one of the most controversial and revealing episodes in the long history of piracy.

  • Captain Kidd
    By Sue L. Hamilton

    Discusses the life of William Kidd, known as Captain Kidd, and examines the history of pirating and details daily life aboard a pirate ship.

  • Captain Kidd: And the War Against the Pirates
    By Robert C. Ritchie

    Traces the history of piracy, follows the brief career of Captain Kidd, and explains why seventeenth century men became pirates.

  • Captain Kidd
    By Sue L. Hamilton

    This book describes the piracy of Captain William Kidd, who began as a privateer for the English king and was executed by hanging in London in 1701 where his body hung in a gory display at the shoreline.