Arie Kaplan

Swashbuckling Scoundrels

Pirates in Fact and Fiction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines pirates throughout history--both as real-life figures and as fictional characters. Readers will separate pirate fact from pirate folklore and learn what motivates real-life acts of piracy in the modern world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Altersempfehlung: 12 bis 13 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 188mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781467752527
• ISBN-10: 1467752525
• Artikelnr.: 42317840

Autorenporträt

Arie Kaplan has written jokes and comedy sketches for the television series TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest.... He has also written humor articles for MAD Magazine. Aside from his work as a comedy writer, Arie has written numerous nonfiction books for young readers on subjects ranging from the life of Vlad the Impaler to the history of pop music. As a comics writer, he has written comic book stories and graphic novels for DC Comics, Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, IDW Publishing, Penguin Young Readers Group, and other publishers. He is the author of the acclaimed nonfiction book From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books, which was a 2008 finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. He lives with his family in New York City. Please check out his website, www.ariekaplan.com