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Kate Bonnet: the romance of a pirate's daughter

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Kate Bonnet: the romance of a pirate's daughter

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Kate Bonnet: the romance of a pirate's daughter

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

The novels and stories of Frank R. Stockton. XX

Summary

Kate Bonnet is the daughter of a foolish farmer, who is bored with his life (and his new wife) and decides on a whim to become a pirate. Kate, when she hears of her father's naughtiness, sets off to find him and set him to rights. In the meantime she leaves behind the dull personage of the man who loves her, and makes friends with a stout young man and his mother, who travel with her. Kate's father, being the fool he is, falls prey to the wiles and terror of the infamous Blackbeard (yes, he plays a cameo here). Kate gets fallen in love with by a vengeful Naval officer who plans to capture her foolish pirate father and hold him hostage to force her hand in marriage. Kate herself sails on a pirate ship to find her father. Her father is unrepentant..

Target audience

adult

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