This article was published in the September 1974 issue of the Paramount Journal. It says that both Anne Bonny and Mary Read "are reported" to have used the Turks and Caicos during their piratical careers, and that Mary's second wedding took place on Parrot Cay. Anne lived in Charleston, and when the pirates are overpowered,… Continue reading Turks and Caicos: A Pirate Stronghold
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The West Indies: Their People and History by Christopher Nicole
This book was published in 1965. Nicole writes that Anne Bonney was abandoned by her husband, and describes Jack Rackham as "a handsome but incompetent scoundrel".
Sailors Sailors by George Goldsmith-Carter
This book was published in 1966. According to Goldsmith-Carter, Anne Bonney and Jack Rackham met in Charleston.
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.
Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between the Knights Templar and the Vatican by David Hatcher Childress
This book was published in 2003. Hatcher Childress describes Jack Rackham as handsome and a snappy dresser whose headquarters was in the Bay Islands. He and Anne Bonney conduct family affairs on an island south of Cuba. Anne and Mary Read are ultimately acquitted.
The Lady Pirates by Walt Jaffee
This article was published in the June-July 1977 issue of Young World. Anne Bonney meets Jack Rackham in Charleston. Mary Read joins the crew while Anne is having Jack's child in Cuba, and she also sleeps with Jack. Jaffee says that Anne and Mary were both pirate captains.
Comment je suis devenue pirate by Yves-Marie Clément
This middle grade novel was published in 2002 and includes bios of Ann Bonny and Mary Read, according to which Mary was born in London and enlisted in the Dutch infantry. The pirates were arrested on the ship Revenge, and only Ann was not drunk. She disappeared in prison.
The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
This young adult novel was published in 2018. Jack Rackam says he became a pirate when he was 13 on a ship that was attacked by pirates. He works as a cabin boy and the captain abuses him. As a child Anne Bonny moves to Charleston from Ireland. She marries James when she is 14… Continue reading The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
The Real History of Pirates
This educational series came out in 2021. Each episode is a lecture by Manushag N. Powell. She describes Jack Rackam as handsome and says he was charged with crimes occurring in 1719.
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
This series aired on Netflix in 2021. The show features talking head interviews interspersed with dramatized vignettes, in which John Rackham is played by Jack Waldouck and Anne Bonny by Mia Tomlinson. According to the show, Anne's mother died before Anne was 13. In 1715 she is 16 years old and living in Nassau. She… Continue reading The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 