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

Time Pirates

This Asylum movie first streamed on Tubi in 2022. It was written by Marc Gottlieb and directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. A magical curse transports the modern day band SM6 to the 18th century Caribbean, where they meet Anne Bonny, played by Angela Cole. Anne with another pirate, Beckett (Anna Telfer) Anne is a patron… Continue reading Time Pirates

Histoire du monde: Revue et corrigée by Paul Roux

This comic book was published in 1998. In 2013 it was published as Drôle d'histoire in the Ariane et Nicolas series. A comic about John Rackam calls him Rackam le Rouge, and he got this nickname because he is cripplingly shy around women. Anne Bonny is recruited into his crew and he falls in love… Continue reading Histoire du monde: Revue et corrigée by Paul Roux

Pirates of Treasure Island

This Asylum feature was released in 2006. The screenplay is by Leigh Scott and Carlos de los Rios, directed by Scott. The story is a version of Treasure Island with CGI monster insects set for some reason during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. At some point in the past Long John Silver knew Anne Bonney… Continue reading Pirates of Treasure Island

Lobas de mar by Zoé Valdés

This novel was published in 2003. Mary is born in December 1690. Her mother is Margaret Jane Carlton whose husband is John Carlton. They have a son named Billy and John goes back to sea after his birth, during which time Margaret Jane sleeps with several other men, by one of whom she conceives Mary.… Continue reading Lobas de mar by Zoé Valdés

The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett/The Only Life That Mattered by James L. Nelson

This book was first published in 2001 as The Sweet Trade credited to Elizabeth Garrett. It was republished in 2004 under the name James L. Nelson as The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam. Anne's parents are William Cormac and Peg Brennan. Anne… Continue reading The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett/The Only Life That Mattered by James L. Nelson

Pirates by Greg Nickles, Bobbie Kalman, and Barbara Bedell

This kids' book was published in 1997. According to the brief identifying information on famous pirates, "Anne Bonny dressed as a man because women were not allowed to join ships' crews", and her husband John Rackham's clothes were of "colorful cotton".