This book was published as Amorous Antics in 2006 and then republished as Sex Secrets in 2009. It mostly repeats Cawthorne's version of events as previously published in his History of Pirates. Anne Bonny's maiden name is Cormac and she grows up in South Carolina. When Mary Read works on a man of war it… Continue reading The Amorous Antics of Old England/The Sex Secrets of Old England: A Saucy Compendium of Our Passionate Past by Nigel Cawthorne
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Who’s Who in Davy Jones’ Locker?/The Way of the Pirate by Robert Downie
This book was published in 1998 and owes an obvious debt to Nancy Roberts. Anne Bonny's maiden name is Cormac. She is born on her family's plantation on the Black River. Jack Rackham hates Charles Vane for a long time before throwing him out. James is a fisherman when he meets Anne, and he returns… Continue reading Who’s Who in Davy Jones’ Locker?/The Way of the Pirate by Robert Downie
A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas by Nigel Cawthorne
This book was published in 2003. It was also published in 2005 as Pirates: An Illustrated History. Anne Bonny's parents are William Cormac and Peg Brennan. They move to South Carolina. Anne has many suitors by the time she is 12, which was "marriageable age" according to Cawthorne. Mary Read's Flemish husband dies of a… Continue reading A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas by Nigel Cawthorne
Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast by Nancy Roberts
This book was published in 1993. Roberts writes that "The stories in this book are designed to draw the most authentic pictures possible" using "conversations one can imagine taking place". The Anne Bonny chapter is framed as a story related by John Fenwick (a descendant of Robert Fenwick who owned Fenwick Castle in South Carolina).… Continue reading Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast by Nancy Roberts
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 