Everyone knows Cap'n Slappy as a legendary pirate, pillaging and plundering and delivering savage beatings with his fists and forehead. But he also has a more artistic side, and in "Cap'n... More > Slappy's Parade of Pirate Poetry," he offers his poetic output with the same finesse his blunderbuss offers its explosive output – sort of all over and with awesome effect.< Less
Everyone knows Cap'n Slappy as a legendary pirate, pillaging and plundering and delivering savage beatings with his fists and forehead. But he also has a more artistic side, and in "Cap'n... More > Slappy's Parade of Pirate Poetry," he offers his poetic output with the same finesse his blunderbuss offers its explosive output – sort of all over and with awesome effect.< Less
A piratical romp through the alphabet with all that that implies. Sometimes rude, sometimes downright dangerous and subversive, but always fun and always funny. "A Li'l Pirate's ABSeas"... More > does for the alphabet what a well-placed broadside does for a Spanish galleon – softens it up so that pirates can have their way with it! Actually, we're not sure this should be read by children – but their parents will love it. Children should only be given this book by their drunken uncles and wild aunts who don't want the little darlings to grow up to be insufferable prigs!< Less
"Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket are funny, funny men ..." (The Greenman Review)
The authors of "Pirattitude!" are at it again. The guys who invented International Talk Like a... More > Pirate Day bring to life a pirate fantasy – a swashbuckling adventure with action, comedy, romance, feats of derring do, and colorful, larger-than-life characters. Join the crew of The Festering Boil as they careen across the Seven Seas in a madcap race for riches, romance and revenge! As one reader said – "Just wanted to say a big well done to you two on "The Diego Garcia Caper" ... I was delighted, reading the book in about four days. I've never read a book that fast and couldn't put it down. The story was brilliant, absolutely hilarious, and also daft at times!" – Captain Greenbeard< Less
It's pirate business as usual when the crew of The Festering Boil takes aim at Spanish gold. Things quickly go awry thanks, in part, to a saintly possession, an arrogant officer, unwanted family and... More > a goat. But when faced with a ghost from their past, the crew has to drop everything in order to fight for their very lives. Another comical pirate swashbuckler from the guys who invented International Talk Like a Pirate Day, authored three humor books, a children's alphabet book and four Festering Boil Capers – so far!< Less
The third in the "Festering Boil" caper series, by the creators of International Talk Like a Pirate Day and authors of "Pirattitude!" and "A Pirate's Life for Me." When... More > the crew of the Festering Boil return to the Caribbean, they are confronted by an old nemesis with an evil plan. But things take a strange and dangerous turn in the depths of the South American jungle. The crew meets old friends in new places, new friends in old places, there's danger, laughs, swashbuckling and even a little sex.< Less
""I am going back through your two Caper books. I gotta tell ya, they are great!! " Robert "Cockroach" Blair ––– The authors of "Pirattitude!"... More > and "The Diego Garcia Caper" present another tale of the pirates aboard The Festering Boil. The crew has its sights set on glory and gold at the Pirate Olympics, but they run into more trouble than they bargained for when confronted by something more dangerous than Spanish steel – Cap'n Slappy's ex-wives!< Less
About John Baur
John "Ol' Chumbucket' Baur (right) and Mark "Cap'n Slappy' Summers are the two guys who invented International Talk Like a Pirate Day then took the idea way too far. Since ten they've appeared on stages across the country, done hundreds of television and radio interviews – and wrote a few books.
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