kidd, william

Traces the history of William Kidd, seventeenth-century pirate that describes his adventures, treasures, and eventual hanging by the British crown.

Chronicles the life of pirate William Kidd, describing his family in New York, his agreement to privateer for England, and his capture of the "Quedagh Merchant," for which he was hanged.

After Jake accepts Captain Kidd's offer of becoming his new cabin boy, Jake brings the--invisible--pirate home, and learns ways to deal with Boris Baxter, the biggest bully in school, from Richard Barleycorn, Kidd's current cabin boy.