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
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Female Pirates
This article was published in the April 23, 1910 issue of Harper's Weekly. Mary Read is 19 before she works as a sailor or soldier, and her soldier husband also becomes a pirate. Anne Bonney dresses as a man to run away from home with her husband, with whom she works as a pirate. When… Continue reading Female Pirates
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
Le pont de Buena Vista by Maurice Denuzière
This novel was published in 2003 and is set in the 19th century. According to a character in the story, Ann Bonny was born in 1690. As a teenager she fell in love with James Bonny, and they worked as pirates together. Ann abandoned her child in Cuba and Mary Read died of yellow fever.
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
Ireland’s Pirate Trail: A Quest to Uncover Our Swashbuckling Past by Des Ekin
This book was published in 2018. Ekin adds some dialogue and narration at some points of the story. He writes that Jack Rackham was born in England and Anne Bonny in Bullen's Bay in 1697. Ekin gives her maiden name as Cormac, but also says there is no proof her parents were William Cormac and… Continue reading Ireland’s Pirate Trail: A Quest to Uncover Our Swashbuckling Past by Des Ekin
Her Scottish Rogue by Dahlia Rose
This romance novel was published in 2021. The heroine, Sadie, is the leader of a community that was built by the now deceased Anne Bonny, who raised her. Anne's father paid to get Anne out of jail. She captained the ship Coral and moved to Rum Cay, a community of outcasts and refugees from slavery.… Continue reading Her Scottish Rogue by Dahlia Rose
Anne Bonny by Ava L. Reis
This poem was published in the 2021 book Dreams That Drowned in Purple Whisky. In this poem Anne Bonny has two sons and reunites with her father after jail.
Beyond Beauport by James Masciarelli
This novel was published in 2018. The main character, Shannon, learns she is descended from Anne Bonny and Jack Rackham. Jack was from Suffolk and had an older brother named James. Jack went to the Caribbean when he was 32 and spent three years there. He visited New Providence by summer 1717. When he deposed… Continue reading Beyond Beauport by James Masciarelli
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 