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Spain / Spanish Main: Intermediate

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CLASSIC LITERATURE
♥   Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates (1921)  
​A classic. No one does it like Howard Pyle who wrote and illustrated this book.
CULTURAL
FC  S5-273   The Cid
♥   Spain by Edith Browne
Peeps at Many Lands Series
$   ​Tales of Enchantment from Spain  by Elsie Eells
Rich romantic tales.
$   ​The Three Golden Oranges and Other Spanish Folk Tales  by Ralph Steele Bogge (1936)
Stories for older children.
HISTORICAL
FC   S9-304   Invincible Armada
FC   W2-95   Child's History of Spain
FC   W11-370   England and Spain
​$   ​Landmark   ​Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada by Frances Winwar
​♦   $   ​Landmark   ​Teddy Roosevelt and His Rough Riders by Henry Castor (U.S. 1898 War with Spain)
♥   The History of Spain for Young Persons by George Bennett (1849)
No dry facts here or long names to memorize.  The aim is for simplicity.
♥   Pirates   Across the Spanish Main  by Harry Collingwood
A tale of the sea in the days of Queen Bess.
♥   $   ​Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank Stockton
​♦   $   ​Landmark   Pirates   ​The Barbary Pirates by C.S. Forester
​$   ​Landmark   Pirates  ​Famous Pirates of the New World by A.B.C. Whipple
♥   Pirates  Stories of the Spanish Main by Frank Stockton (1913)
Learn how the Spanish Main came about and Spain's thirst for gold. This is a book about pirates!
♦   $   ​Pirates   Terror of the Spanish Main by Albert Marrin
Marrin doesn't hold back in painting a picture of the pirate's life--(not for the weak stomached).  This is a compelling and informative look at the world of piracy.
HISTORICAL FICTION
​♥   Henty, G.A.   The Cornet of Horse: a tale of the Marlborough Wars (1703)
War of Spanish succession, Holland, Hapsburg, Hanover and Prussia against French and Spanish
♥   Henty, G.A.   The Bravest of the Brave, or With Peterborough in Spain (1705) 
​War of Spanish succession, Spain and France and the British with their Allies, Earl Charles Mordaunt III of Peterborough
♥   Henty, G.A.  ​ Held Fast for England, a tale of the siege of Gibraltar (1780)
♥   Henty, G.A.   Among Malay Pirates, a tale of adventure and peril (1810)
♥   Henty, G.A.   The Young Buglers, a tale of the Peninsular War (1810)
♥   Henty, G.A.   With the British Legion, a story of the Carlist Wars (1835)
♦   $   ​I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth de Trevino
Newbery Award winning story of Juan who was born a slave and who died as a respected and accomplished artist. In the process of learning his story, you'll get a glimpse into the family life of the great Spanish artist, Velasquez.
BIOGRAPHIES
FC   W12-106   Malibran, the Great Singer
♦   Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer by Ronald Syme
♦   The True Story of Sir Francis Drake:  Privateer by Will Holwood
The True Story of Series
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