The Ghostly Tales of Florida’s Pirates

Take a spine-tingling plunge into Florida’s pirate-filled past!

Meet Florida’s spooky pirates!

Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.

Did you know that the city of St. Augustine is positively packed with ghostly pirates? Or that on Gasparilla Island, you might just spot a headless buccaneer and his ＂spirited＂ steed galloping down the beach? Can you believe a three-hundred-year-old ghost ship and its cursed crew still haunts the waterways of the Florida Everglades? Shiver me timbers!

Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Florida forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!

Adapted from Ghosts and Legends of Florida’s Pirates by Heather Leigh, PhD

Sarah Fabiny is a former associate publisher and editorial director turned freelance writer and editor. She is the author of over fifty children’s books, including seventeen titles in the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series. She lives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and is pretty sure she has had a ghostly experience or two in her life.