The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists is the first book in The Pirates! series by Gideon Defoe dealing with a hapless crew of pirates. It was published in 2004 by Orion Books (). The book was adapted into a stop-motion film by Aardman Animations. The book is set in 1837, and follows the adventures of "The Pirate Captain" and his crew of unorthodox pirates. They meet a young Charles Darwin and Mister Bobo, a highly trained and sophisticated "man-panzee", who have been exiled from London by a rival scientist. Having sunk the
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates Davy Crockett and the River Pirates Davy Crockett and the River Pirates is a 1956 adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is an edited compilation of the last two episodes of the "Davy Crockett" television miniseries, "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates", starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. The film was shot in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. It is a prequel to "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier", which consists of the previous three episodes of the "Davy Crockett" series. Tennessee frontiersman Davy Crockett and his best friend Georgie Russell are transporting pelts to