02760cam a22004213u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000280011324500490014126400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034049000340037650000890041050000940049950000310059350801510062452011460077553400770192165300220199865300230202065300160204365300400205965300310209965300270213083000340215785600850219185600430227699900190231969036UtSlPG20260610134610.0mcr n260607r20221874utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aReid, Mayne,d1818-188314aThe island pirate, a tale of the Mississippi 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2022  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aBeadle's pocket novels No. 10  aOriginally published under title: The planter pirate, a souvenir of the Mississippi.  aOther editions published under title: The land pirates, or, The league of Devil's Island.  aRelease date is 2022-09-24  aDavid Edwards, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)  a"The Island Pirate: A Tale of the Mississippi" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows an adventurous traveler as he journeys through the Mississippi Valley, encountering various characters, vibrant landscapes, and intriguing situations, with a particular focus on the notorious pirate and robber Murrell, who has a reputation for his violent exploits along the rivers.   The opening of the tale introduces the protagonist, a young and enthusiastic traveler venturing into the Mississippi Valley. He reminisces about his past adventures amidst the contrasting beauty and brutality of the region, which sets the stage for his current expedition. Shortly after his arrival, he meets a local planter who offers to show him around, leading to an invitation to visit a cotton plantation. The traveler soon learns about the shadowy figure of Murrell, a criminal figure linked to piracy and lawlessness in the area, suggesting that his journey will intertwine with dark undertones of crime and moral ambiguity in the Mississippi River's historical backdrop. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Beadle and Adams, Publishers, 1874  aAdventure stories  aPirates -- Fiction  aDime novels  aMississippi River Valley -- Fiction  aPlantation life -- Fiction  aBoat living -- Fiction 0aBeadle's pocket novels No. 104 uhttps://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels:196470/datastream/PDF40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69036  c109834d109834