Great Pirate Stories is a collection of classic pirate stories including those by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Daniel Defoe and other legendary scribes. Included in this collection are the following titles: The Piccaroon. By Scott. -- The Capture of Panama, 1671. By Esquemeling. -- The Malay Proas. By Cooper. -- The Wonderful Fight of the Exchange of Bristol with the Pirates of Algiers. By Purchas. -- The Daughter of the Great Mogul. By Defoe. and many others. Out of the past the pirate emerges as a romantic, even at times heroic, figure. This ultimate status, despite heinous crimes, cannot altogether be denied to the pirate.