This article was published in the January/February 2017 issue of Schiff Classic. Munde writes that Anne Bonny worked on a merchantman at age 13 in disguise as a boy, and that Mary Read traveled to North America with her father. Munde seems to have mixed up their biographies. Mary marries a sailor and goes to… Continue reading Frauen an Bord: Von Amazonen und Piratinnen by Verena Munde
Category: 2010s
Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire by Carol Dyhouse
This book was published in 2017, and describes Anne Bonney as a pirate of the 17th century.
Reprinted by Amber Polo
This installment in the "Shapeshifters' Library" series was published in 2014 and features a character who is descended from both Anne Bonney and Mary Read.
Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by JW Ocker
This book was published in 2015, and says that Anne Bonney began her piratical career in Charleston.
Devil’s Ballast by Meg Caddy
This young adult novel was published in 2019. It is mostly narrated by Anne Bonny with some chapters in third person from Jonathan Barnet's point of view. Mary Read is written as a trans man named Martin--as a child Martin told his mother he was a boy before the mother decided to try to get… Continue reading Devil’s Ballast by Meg Caddy
The Seahawk’s Sanctuary by Lynne Marie
This book was published in 2012. A character in the 1770s describes Anne Bonney as a beautiful pirate captain from Charles Town.
Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers
This book was published in 2012. According to Frers, Mary Read's mother is an upper class woman whose son dies of a fever. Her husband also dies, and she dresses Mary as a boy to inherit money from him. Jack Rackham (also called Rackham el Rojo) works as Charles Vane's quartermaster on the ship Treasure.… Continue reading Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers
Vagabonds of the World: The History of Jewish People in Over 120 Lands by Mike Michaels
This book was published in 2011. Michaels writes that Ann Bonny and Mary Read were bisexual Sephardic Jews who became pirates to get revenge on Spanish Catholics.
The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
This young adult novel was published in 2018. Jack Rackam says he became a pirate when he was 13 on a ship that was attacked by pirates. He works as a cabin boy and the captain abuses him. As a child Anne Bonny moves to Charleston from Ireland. She marries James when she is 14… Continue reading The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
This installment in the Spider John mystery series was published in 2018 and features Anne Bonny as a suspect in the central murder. She wants to kill a pirate named Wicked Pete Reese for unexplained reasons. A different pirate, Sam Smoke, takes a job on the ship Austen Castle, and Anne assumes he is going… Continue reading The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 