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
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Pirates, boucaniers, flibustiers by Gilles Lapouge
This book was published in 2002. In 2004 it was published in English as Pirates and Buccaneers. Ann Bonny's father's plantation is in "Charleston, Virginia". As a child Mary Read gets into fights. Jack Rackham wears red pants and marries Ann at sea. When Mary's second lover is challenged to a duel, his bully actually… Continue reading Pirates, boucaniers, flibustiers by Gilles Lapouge
Bahama Saga: The Epic Story of the Bahama Islands by Peter Barratt
This book was published in 2004. Barratt writes that Anne Bonny and Mary Read were both captains of ships. James Bonny is described as "spineless". James reports Anne's infidelity to the governor who sentences her to be stripped to the waist and whipped. That night Jack Rackham steals a sloop and both Anne and Mary… Continue reading Bahama Saga: The Epic Story of the Bahama Islands by Peter Barratt
Mary Read y Anne Bonny: Piratas y temidas by Luis I. Lecaldare
This article was published in the June 7, 2001 issue of Galería de Búsqueda. Lecaldare says Mary Read was born in the year 1700, and Anne Bonny in Charleston. Anne is a rebellious kid who dresses like a boy and has short hair. (You know, short hair like boys had in the 18th century???) When… Continue reading Mary Read y Anne Bonny: Piratas y temidas by Luis I. Lecaldare
Women’s Training for Organized Crime: Sex and Sexuality by Sue Mahan
This chapter was published in the 1999 edition of It's a Crime: Women and Justice by Roslyn Muraskin. Mahan says that Anne Bonney probably "had friends in high places in Charleston," and that she and Mary Read were depicted heroically "In the pamphlets and journals of their day". Mahan says they were captured by a… Continue reading Women’s Training for Organized Crime: Sex and Sexuality by Sue Mahan
La tierce personne by Serge Lamothe
This novel was published in 2000. In it a character briefly describes Mary Read. He says she was tried in New Providence and that she said her piece about hanging to the judge, after she was sentenced to execution.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia was published in 1999 and includes a joint entry for Mary Read and Anne Bonney, attributed to Hugh A. Stewart. Stewart says Mary was born in 1680 and she and her mother moved to London in 1684. The grandmother dies in 1693 and Mary becomes a cabin boy on a man of war… Continue reading Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 