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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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
Gallant Ladies by Cameron Rogers
This book was published in 1928, a collection of biographies of adventurous women. Anne Bonny and Mary Read are comfortably situated between Mata Hari and Lola Montez. According to Rogers, Mary and Anne "both were comely girls, exceedingly well favored in face and form." Jack's beauty or lack thereof is not clarified and he is… Continue reading Gallant Ladies by Cameron Rogers
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 