This novel was published in 1983. It retells the story presented in John Carlova's Mistress of the Seas, informed by some of his acolytes, notably Chloe Gartner's Anne Bonny and a touch of Wind From the Main by Anne Osborne (who may be the "A. Osborn of the South Carolina Historical Society" thanked in the… Continue reading Sea Star: The Private Life of Anne Bonny, Pirate Queen by Pamela Jekel
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Anne Bonny by Chloe Gartner
This novelization of Anne Bonny's life was published in 1977. It's told in first person as Anne's memoirs while she's in jail and owes its story to Mistress of the Seas. On the trip from England to South Carolina, Anne's mother gets very sick, and is nursed by a convict being transported--the eventual maid, Clara,… Continue reading Anne Bonny by Chloe Gartner
Mistress of the Seas by John Carlova
Ladies and gentlemen...welcome to violence. This masterpiece of campy exploitation was published in 1964 and bills itself (and gets billed over and over again) as a biography of Anne Bonny, who is depicted as essentially a Russ Meyer Supervixen. Carlova introduces Anne as a glamorous figure and writes that "with her voluptuous charms and cheerfully… Continue reading Mistress of the Seas by John Carlova
The Buccaneers
This British TV show aired for one series from September 1956 through June 1957, and Anne Bonny (Hazel Court) and John Rackam (Brian Worth) show up as secondary characters in a couple of episodes. The show's main narrative follows the conventional heroics of a pardoned pirate, Dan Tempest (Robert Shaw), though he does not appear… Continue reading The Buccaneers
Anne of the Indies by Herbert Ravenel Sass
This article appeared in the November 1, 1947 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. Herbert Ravenel Sass was a journalist who was obsessed with his home state of South Carolina so it's no surprise he should eventually tackle Anne Bonny. Obviously, this was the property acquired for the eventual Jacques Tourneur movie of the same… Continue reading Anne of the Indies by Herbert Ravenel Sass
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 