This young adult novel was published in 2001. Theisen attributes the General History to Daniel Defoe, whom he says met Anne Bonny personally. He says Anne was still alive at the time of its writing, and Defoe was not detailed about her life in order to protect her. Most of the story is owed to… Continue reading Anne Bonny, Piratin by Manfred Theisen
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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
Mary Read, Buccaneer by Philip Rush
This nightmare of misogynist anxiety was first published in 1945. Rush includes an author's note in which he says that although he used his imagination to fill in the details, "no liberties have been taken with the truth so far as it is known." Uh-huh, we'll see about that. He shouts out Charles Johnson, whom… Continue reading Mary Read, Buccaneer by Philip Rush
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 