This informative essay was included in a 1968 Classic Press printing of Treasure Island, and no author is credited. It says that Anne Bonny joined a pirate crew when she was 16 and became a captain, and disappeared at age 20.
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Women: The New Criminals by Richard Deming
This book was published in 1977, and includes a biographical sketch of Anne Bonny informed by Mistress of the Seas. According to Deming, she is born in 1700 to William Cormac, and grows up to be a beautiful redhead in Charleston. She marries James Bonny when she is 16, and then moves on to Chidley… Continue reading Women: The New Criminals by Richard Deming
Sea Pie by Douglas V. Duff
This book was published in 1957. Anne Bonney and Mary Reade are both described as attractive, but it is also specified that neither one is "a great beauty". Duff writes that Mary was "the more honest of the pair", while Anne "remained at heart a doxy, trading on her womanhood--Mary wanted naught better than to… Continue reading Sea Pie by Douglas V. Duff
Les pirates: Forbans, flibustiers, boucaniers et autres gueux de mer by Gilles Lapouge
This book was published in 1987. In Anne Bonney's last words to Jack Rackam she tells him he should have fought like a lion, instead of a man, and Mary Read is hanged on November 28, 1720.
The Seahawk’s Sanctuary by Lynne Marie
This book was published in 2012. A character in the 1770s describes Anne Bonney as a beautiful pirate captain from Charles Town.
Love and the English by Nina Epton
This book was published in 1960. Mary Read is from Cornwall and her grandfather was a sea captain. Her first husband is an officer in the military who dies within a year of their wedding. Anne Bonney meets "Captain Bonney" at a dance in Charleston. They marry secretly and she goes to sea with him.… Continue reading Love and the English by Nina Epton
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
Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers
This book was published in 2012. According to Frers, Mary Read's mother is an upper class woman whose son dies of a fever. Her husband also dies, and she dresses Mary as a boy to inherit money from him. Jack Rackham (also called Rackham el Rojo) works as Charles Vane's quartermaster on the ship Treasure.… Continue reading Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers
Gente de mar by Rafael Bernal
This book was published in 1950. Mary Read's brother dies at 1 year old, and she is born 8 days later. She lives with her grandmother until the age of 16. Her husband dies drunk. Ana Bonny grows up in Charleston, where her father dresses her as a boy until she is 18. The boy… Continue reading Gente de mar by Rafael Bernal
The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
This installment in the Spider John mystery series was published in 2018 and features Anne Bonny as a suspect in the central murder. She wants to kill a pirate named Wicked Pete Reese for unexplained reasons. A different pirate, Sam Smoke, takes a job on the ship Austen Castle, and Anne assumes he is going… Continue reading The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 