This young adult novel was published in 2019. It is mostly narrated by Anne Bonny with some chapters in third person from Jonathan Barnet's point of view. Mary Read is written as a trans man named Martin--as a child Martin told his mother he was a boy before the mother decided to try to get… Continue reading Devil’s Ballast by Meg Caddy
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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
Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman
This novel was published in 2011. The story is told from the point of view of Lola, the servant stabbed by Anne Bonny, whose father William Cormac grows rice on a plantation called Black River. Anne is a brat but teaches Lola to read and write. Anne's mother Mary gets "marsh fever" and dies when… Continue reading Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman
Anne Bonny: The Infamous Female Pirate by Phillip Thomas Tucker
This book was published in 2017. Tucker claims that Anne was born Anne Ni Cormac in Kinsale to Mary Brennan and William Cormac, and that "the best available evidence" (which Tucker does not provide or specify) puts her birth in 1698. Tucker says that the Cormacs were Protestants and Mary Brennan was Catholic. He also… Continue reading Anne Bonny: The Infamous Female Pirate by Phillip Thomas Tucker
To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland by Sean O’Callaghan
This book was published in 2000. O'Callaghan says that Ann Bonny's father left Ireland because of his involvement in activities against George I. He and Ann move to Charleston when she is 15. James Bonny brings Ann on board Jack Rackham's ship. She leaves James and falls in love with Mary, who has somehow fought… Continue reading To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland by Sean O’Callaghan
Bad Guys and Gals of the High Seas by Dona Herweck Rice
This "Time for Kids" book was published in 2012. Anne Bonny's husband is a drunk named John Bonny. Anne is about 20 at the time of her trial. Mary Read dies after giving birth.
Mary Read: Sailor, Soldier, Pirate by Cherie Pugh
This novel was published in 2008. Mary Read is born in spring 1692. Her father is a sailor from Bristol who left her mother, Jane, when he found out she was pregnant. Mary's brother dies a month after she is born. When Mary is four years old they go to London where Mary befriends Sally… Continue reading Mary Read: Sailor, Soldier, Pirate by Cherie Pugh
Anne Bonny: Tale of a Lady Pirate/The Legend of Anne Bonny by Robert Q. Hoyt
This novel was published in 2004 as Anne Bonny: Tale of a Lady Pirate. It was republished on Amazon in 2020 as The Legend of Anne Bonny. Anne's parents are Feargus Cormack, who is a priest, and his maid Molly Cahill. Feargus is ruined by the scandal of his affair, and Anne is raised believing… Continue reading Anne Bonny: Tale of a Lady Pirate/The Legend of Anne Bonny by Robert Q. Hoyt
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
Daring Pirate Women by Anne Wallace Sharp
This A&E Biography book was published in 2002. Anne's father is William Cormac. Anne is born in 1700, a factoid Sharp misattributes to Johnson. She also says that Johnson says Anne is "a pretty redhead" which he does not. Anne and her parents move to South Carolina "in the early 1700s" and lived on a… Continue reading Daring Pirate Women by Anne Wallace Sharp
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 