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Isaac the Pirate
To Exotic Lands (Isaac the Pirate (Graphic Novels))
By Blain, Christophe
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-56163-366-1
- Publisher
- ComicsLit
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2004
Adult/High School Isaac is a struggling but gifted painter in prerevolutionary France. With pressing financial troubles and a strong-minded fianc e, he takes a temporary job as a naval painter on a ship delivering supplies to the New World. This is the simple beginning to a not-so-simple tale, for things are not quite what they seem. The boat is not out on a short cruise, but a lengthy and dangerous expedition led by Captain John the Pillager, a successful and charismatic pirate possessed by a touch of madness to rival Herman Melville's Ahab. With his sights set firmly on the South Pole, C...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
