Thanks Peter, It is also available for free to download on Kindle, though you have to search for it. Neil snip Diane There is a free e-book of Defoe's "A General History of the Pyrates", available to be read online or downloadable in a wide variety of formats <http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40580> Peter Moll Tortola, BVI (once a pirates' lair) snip