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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Bloody Bay/The Captain’s Ladies/Sisters of the Sea by Sandra Riley
This book was first published in 1980 under the titles Bloody Bay (in the UK) and The Captain's Ladies (in the US). In 2003 Riley self published it as Sisters of the Sea, and at some point adapted it into a play. The back cover of The Captain's Ladies bizarrely markets it as a love… Continue reading Bloody Bay/The Captain’s Ladies/Sisters of the Sea by Sandra Riley
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
Wind From the Main by Anne Osborne
This novelization of Anne Bonny's life was published in 1972. Anne's father is named Archibald Tyndale and when they came to Carolina in 1708 they were not as rich as they are when the story begins. In earlier days he used to deal with pirates, and Anne's mother died when Anne was 14. Now her… Continue reading Wind From the Main by Anne Osborne
Characters of the Caribbean by John Pegg
This book was published in 1972 and devotes a chapter to the "glamorous, wanton female pirate" Anne Bonny. It summarizes the highlights of Mistress of the Seas, but gets some dates wrong and says that the events of 1719 took place in 1729. Anne's duel with Maria Vargas for the "heart" of Chidley Bayard. Illustrations… Continue reading Characters of the Caribbean by John Pegg
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
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
The Sharpie facial hair is not flattering This 1954 movie was directed by Lew Landers from a script by its producers, Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen. Tony Dexter SUCKS IT IN as William Kidd, saved from execution by the dastardly Lord Bellomont (!) and some other guy (?) who want to get their hands on… Continue reading Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
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
The Rogue’s Moon by Robert W. Chambers
This story was published as a novel but also in magazines, serialized or as individual stories. It's about a girl named Nancy Topsfield who works in a tavern in Topsail Inlet dressed as a boy and gets mixed up in various piratical storylines. It's quite charming, sort of "Perils of Pauline". Nancy never meets John… Continue reading The Rogue’s Moon by Robert W. Chambers
Mary Read: Pirate Wench by Frank Shay
This story has one thing going for it... ...the faaaaaabulously pulpy stiff-nippled cover art. YES!!!!! another nice cover for a reissue. The story begins in Bristol in 1717 when Mary is 17. She has already been in the army and has already been widowed by her comrade lover. As a boy she goes by the… Continue reading Mary Read: Pirate Wench by Frank Shay
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 