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
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The Good Housekeeping Woman’s Almanac
This book was published in 1977. According to its biography of Anne Bonney and Mary Read, Mary's dead brother is younger than her instead of older. Anne cheats on her husband with Jack Rackam in Providence, Rhode Island, and she meets Mary in 1719.
Mort ou vif: Les chasses à l’homme les plus extraordinaires by Pierre Bellemare and Jean-François Nahmias
This book was published in 2007. Mary Read is born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother's husband was a naval officer. Mary's brother Mark dies before she is born. Read is a married name that she gets from her first husband, William Read. She leaves Europe on a Dutch merchantman transporting wheat, which is captured by… Continue reading Mort ou vif: Les chasses à l’homme les plus extraordinaires by Pierre Bellemare and Jean-François Nahmias
A pirata by Luísa Costa Gomes
This episodic novelization of Mary Read's life was published in 2006. Mary's mother is named Jenny Read, whose son is Mark. Mark dies at one year old, and Mary is born when there is a Queen Mary. Jenny's mother-in-law dies in December 1699, and Jenny moves to Wales with her lover while Mary is working… Continue reading A pirata by Luísa Costa Gomes
Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen
This book was published in 2008. Mary Read's father (who is described that way but then is actually not her father) is a merchant captain whose mother promised him and his wife money if they had a son. The not-dad dies at sea. Mary's tavern business is disrupted by the Peace of Utrecht instead of… Continue reading Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen
A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans by Michael Farquhar
This book was published in 2008. Anne Bonny's father is William Cormac and they live in South Carolina. She is 20 years old in 1718, when she marries James Bonny. Jack Rackham captures a Dutch merchantman, on which Mary Read is sailing. She and Anne become "inseparable friends". Jonathan Barnett arrests them from a naval… Continue reading A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans by Michael Farquhar
Anne Bonney: My Pirate Story/Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney by Jeffery S. Williams
This novel was published in 2006 as Anne Bonney: My Pirate Story (and had "with Katherine Williams" on the cover) and in 2007 as Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney (credited only to Jeffery S. Williams). Anne is born in June 1700. Anne's parents are William McCormac and Peg Brannan. William's wife is named… Continue reading Anne Bonney: My Pirate Story/Pirate Spirit: The Adventures of Anne Bonney by Jeffery S. Williams
The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
This book was published in 2007. Mary Read is born in London and her mother pretends she's a boy because "only men could inherit wealth". Anne Bonny is "a young teen" when she marries James Bonny, which happens in Ireland. Mary's Flemish husband dies in 1717. Anne runs away with Jack Rackam in 1719. His… Continue reading The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
Wild Irish Roses: Tales of Brigits, Kathleens, and Warrior Queens by Trina Robbins
This book was published in 2004. Mary Read's mother dresses her as a boy because "girls couldn't inherit." Anne Bonny's father is William Cormac and she is born in 1700. They move to Charleston when Anne is around 6 years old. When she is 16 she marries Jim Bonny. William disinherits her and she burns… Continue reading Wild Irish Roses: Tales of Brigits, Kathleens, and Warrior Queens by Trina Robbins
The Changeling by Alison MacLeod
This novel was published in 1996. The story is about Anne Bonny, but provides interesting recontextualizations by narrating from the point of view of Anne Fulworth. Anne Bonny's mother, Sally, lives with Mrs Fulworth when she is pregnant with a different child, who dies. Anne's father is Thomas Manley, an experimental botanist who hires Sally… Continue reading The Changeling by Alison MacLeod
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 