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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Blackbeard, Yukio Mishima, Anthemius, Kim Sun-il, Nick Berg, Daniel Pearl, Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr., List of people who were beheaded, Charles George Gordon, Bill Newton, Constantinos Speras, Gaspard II de Coligny, Kenneth Bigley, Vic Morrow, Leonard Siffleet, Eric IV of Denmark, George W. Hayward, Robert Lees, Georgi Benkovski, Michael Findlay, Stanley James Woodbridge, Aasiya Zubair, Dymphna, 2005 Indonesian beheadings of Christian girls, John Moyse, Helmuth Koinigg, Chris Bristow, Wijerd Jelckama, Shosei Koda, Sampieru Corsu, Russell Phillips, Ding Yuan, Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, Seif Adnan Kanaan, Boris Sagal, Henry Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford, Madani Bouhouche, Charles Chaloner Ogle, Pearl Bryan, Gerry Birrell, Jack Hensley, Andre Kagwa Rwisereka, Ken Snakehips Johnson, Clement of Ancyra, Maurikios Chartoularios, Masakatsu Morita, Drago Protopopescu, Blackbeard in popular culture, Monica Naisen. Excerpt: Edward Teach (c. 1680 - 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. Teach was most likely born in Bristol, although little is known about his early life. In 1716 he joined the crew of Benjamin Hornigold, a pirate who operated from the Caribbean island of New Providence. He quickly acquired his own ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and from 1717 to 1718 became a renowned pirate. His cognomen, Blackbeard, was derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance; he was reported to have tied lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies. After parting company with Hornigold, Teach formed an alliance of pirates and with his cohort blockaded the port of Charleston, South Carolina. He successfully ransomed its inhabitants and then soon after, ran his ship aground on a sandbar near Beaufor...
