This book was published in 1893. It describes John Rackham's career during its description of Rackham Cay, lifted largely from Richard Hill. Mary "achieved more than ordinary distinction in the pirate service." Rather than have Mary captured and pressed by Jack's crew, this story specifies that she is already a pirate when she joins them.… Continue reading Port Royal and Its Harbour. With Short Notes on Its History, Legends, Sports, Pastimes, and Avocations.
Category: 1890s
The Buccaneers and Their Reign of Terror by CM Stevans
Stevans writes that "the stories of women pirates are hardly authentic enough to have much interest", which might be a more compelling sentiment if he did not next jump into a recounting of "Mary Reed" and "Annie Bonney". In Stevans's version of Mary's life, after the grandmother dies, she "refused" to go back to girls'… Continue reading The Buccaneers and Their Reign of Terror by CM Stevans
Women as Soldiers, Sailors and Pirates
This article, or an excerpt from it, was published in more than one newspaper in 1896. I haven't seen a printing that credits a writer. It includes Anne Bonny and Mary Read among the usual ranks of Christian Davies, Mary Anne Talbot, and a few from the 19th century. Weirdly, it says that "On the… Continue reading Women as Soldiers, Sailors and Pirates
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton
This book was published in 1898. This is a fun and entertaining book of much greater literary merit than its predecessors. "Our coasts" are the coasts of America, and the first pirate profiled is Christopher Columbus! Lest you accuse Frank Stockton of undue wokeness, his account of Bonny and "Reed" is appropriately misogynistic for the… Continue reading Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton
Two West Indian Amazons
This short article was published in the magazine All the Year Round, whose contributors were not credited. This issue is from January 19, 1895. According to this story, Captain Rackham was "scarcely less celebrated in his day" than was Blackbeard. He stops in Negril when he runs low on employees and hopes to hire some… Continue reading Two West Indian Amazons
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 