This book was published in 2022. Simon uses the name Mark as Mary’s alias, but admits there is no evidence for its use. When Mary is 13 her mother tells her she is a girl, and for some reason Mary works as a maid (as a girl), instead of a footboy like Johnson said. Mary… Continue reading Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon
Category: 2020s
Crimson Waters by Don Mann and Kraig Becker
This book was published in 2020. The book claims that Jack Rackham was not a privateer, merchant, or slave trader, and his clothes are bright and colorful. The book states that "the first official reference" to Jack is in a 1718 log book from Charles Vane's Ranger, "which would have made him about thirty-five years… Continue reading Crimson Waters by Don Mann and Kraig Becker
Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon
This book was published in 2020. Simon says that Jack Rackham was born on December 26, 1682 and Mary Read was born in 1685. Her mother does not tell her she is a girl. Anne Bonny's mother dies in childbirth, and her father takes her to London where he practices law. His in-laws find out… Continue reading Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon
Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History
This reference book was published in 2022 and includes an entry for Anne Bonny. Her parents are William Cormac and Mary Brennan and Anne is born while her mother is in jail. They move to Charleston, and then she and James Bonny move to the Bahamas between 1714 and 1718. Anne has a son with… Continue reading Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse
This book was published in 2022. Mosse writes that Mary Read was born in 1685 and Anne Bonny in 1697. Mary starts cross-dressing to get an inheritance. Anne is 10 years old when she moves to the Carolinas, and she moves with James Bonny to the Bahamas after 1714. Anne and Mary sail with Calico… Continue reading Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse
The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History by Carlton M. Mills & Debby-Lee V. Mills
This book was published in 2022. According to her bio, Mary Reid is born in Bristol. She joins the army at age 20 and her husband is her commanding officer. Their tavern is called the Drie Hoefijzers, which she sells after he dies. Anne Bonny is born in Kinsale to William Cormac and Mary Brennan.… Continue reading The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History by Carlton M. Mills & Debby-Lee V. Mills
Time Pirates
This Asylum movie first streamed on Tubi in 2022. It was written by Marc Gottlieb and directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. A magical curse transports the modern day band SM6 to the 18th century Caribbean, where they meet Anne Bonny, played by Angela Cole. Anne with another pirate, Beckett (Anna Telfer) Anne is a patron… Continue reading Time Pirates
Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things Done by Sarah Albee
This book was published in 2022. Albee writes that Mary Read's brother died in 1690 before she was born, and that Anne Bonny lived in Charles Town with her father William Cormac. art by Kaja Kajfež
Our Flag Means Death
This half-hour comedy premiered on HBO Max in 2022. The first episode is set in 1717 and the fourth episode on September 1st. Calico Jack appears in episode 8 which was written by Alyssa Lane, Alex J. Sherman, and David Jenkins and directed by Bert and Bertie. The show villains Israel Hands and Spanish Jackie… Continue reading Our Flag Means Death
Super Cities!: Charleston by Diane Lindsey Reeves
This children's book was published in 2022. Reeves writes that Anne Bonny grew up in Charleston and set her father's land on fire.
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 