This article was published in 2014 in Velvet #6. Nevins says Jack Rackham is born in 1682 and Anne Bonney in 1702. Anne is the lover of Mary Read and Jack of Pierre Bouspeut. Anne dies in 1782.
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10 Plundering Pirates by Owen Williams
This article appeared in the June 2014 issue of All About History. Jack Rackham is born in 1682 and Mary Read is born in 1691. She fights in the War of Spanish Succession. Jack's clothing is colorful, and the ship of which he seizes command from Charles Vane is called the Ranger. When he takes… Continue reading 10 Plundering Pirates by Owen Williams
Famous Buccaneer Pirates by Pie Corbett
This article appeared in the 2004 workbook Writing Models: Year Five. Mary Read is attacked by and joins a group of pirates on her transatlantic crossing, and this pirate crew is then attacked by Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny. Anne and Mary become "great friends".
Londinos by Sophie Mayer
This poem was published in the winter 2012 issue of Poetry Review, and describes Mary Read as Calico Jack's hostage.
Women Pirates
This "Kid Scoop" column was published in the March 21, 2012 issue of the Kentucky Standard. Mary Read's father dies when she is a baby. She joins Jack Rackham's crew when he attacks her. She and Anne Bonny become good friends and they both die in prison.
“Hell Hath No Fury”: A Chronology of Genderfuck Insurrection by Gender Mutiny
This essay was published in the 2011 book Queer Ultra Violence: Bash Back! Anthology. It describes Mary Read and Anne Bonny as gay trans men.
Marie Read et Anne Bonny by Maurice Kéroul
This article was published in the November 27, 1938 issue of Dimanche-illustré. Marie Read's half-brother dies before she is born, when he is 1 year old. Marie is born six months later in 1680. As a boy, Marie goes by Johnny, and she does not know she is a girl until the grandmother dies and… Continue reading Marie Read et Anne Bonny by Maurice Kéroul
Female Pirates and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century American Popular Fiction by Katherine Anderson
This essay was published in the 2011 book Pirates and Mutineers of the Nineteenth Century: Swashbucklers and Swindlers. Anderson says Anne Bonny and Mary Read were tried in 1721 somewhere called Provincetown, Jamaica.
Pirate Chic: Tracing the Aesthetics of Literary Piracy by Mel Campbell
This essay was published in the 2011 book Pirates and Mutineers of the Nineteenth Century: Swashbucklers and Swindlers. Campbell says that John Rackam was called Calico Jack because of his "striped pantaloons".
Der Praktische Theologe als Freibeuter by Albrecht Grözinger
This essay was published in the 2011 book Imagination in der Praktischen Theologie. Grözinger says that Mary Read was born in London around 1695, and Anne Bonny in Ireland around 1690.
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 