This book was published in 2003. Hatcher Childress describes Jack Rackham as handsome and a snappy dresser whose headquarters was in the Bay Islands. He and Anne Bonney conduct family affairs on an island south of Cuba. Anne and Mary Read are ultimately acquitted.
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Lives of the Felons: Mary Read and Anne Bonney
This article was published in the November 2, 1850 issue of the National Police Gazette. Mary Read is born in the Midlands. She is 15 when her grandmother dies, and her mother also dies. She works as a footboy until her employer falls in love with her, and in the army for four years before… Continue reading Lives of the Felons: Mary Read and Anne Bonney
Pirates in Petticoats
This article was published in the December 4, 1919 issue of the Daily Intelligencer. Anne Bonney runs away with her husband while dressed as a man. After their wedding she learns he is a pirate and works with him at sea. Anne meets Mary Read when they are working on separate pirate ships that fight,… Continue reading Pirates in Petticoats
Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death
This article was published in the September 7, 1907 issue of the Victoria Daily Times. It says Mary Read lived in France when she married her soldier husband, who dies a few years later, and Anne Bonney dresses as a man to elope with her husband. They are arrested and tried as men, and it's… Continue reading Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death
The Look and Learn Book: 1974
This children's book was published in 1973. Anne Bonny is born in 1700 and her family moves to Charleston. Her mother dies three or four years later and Anne learns to ride horses and shoot pistols from "an Indian hunter." She meets James in a tavern and is ultimately released from jail and goes back… Continue reading The Look and Learn Book: 1974
Fab Girls
This article was published in the 1968 annual issue of the Lady Penelope comic book. It says Ann Bonney and Mary Read fought the navy by themselves, and Ann's father's friends got her out of jail.
The Black History Truth: Jamaica by Pamela Gayle
This book was published in 2022. Gayle writes that Jack Rackham wore colorful clothes, and that both Anne Bonny and Mary Read were released from jail.
Known Unknown: Bekende en onbekende vrouwen by Esther Slagter-van ‘t Land
This book was published in 2021. It says Jack Rackam was called Calico Jack because he smuggled calico into the Americas, and Anne Bonny and Mary Read curse and expose their breasts at their trial. Anne has a baby in jail and then gets out, bringing it with her.
Anatomy of a Nation: A History of British Identity in 50 Documents by Dominic Selwood
This book was published in 2021. Selwood says that Anne Bonny ultimately got out of jail, got married, and died at age 84.
Anne Bonny by Laura Perdew
This kids' book was published in 2016. It novelizes its biography with invented dialogue and narration, and includes pages that point out what is factual in the story. Anne's parents are Mary Brennan and William Cormac. Anne is 10 years old when her family leaves Ireland for Charles Town, and her mother dies in 1711.… Continue reading Anne Bonny by Laura Perdew
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 