This book was published in 2022. Simon uses the name Mark as Mary’s alias, but admits there is no evidence for its use. When Mary is 13 her mother tells her she is a girl, and for some reason Mary works as a maid (as a girl), instead of a footboy like Johnson said. Mary… Continue reading Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon
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Well Blow Me Down: A Guy’s Guide to Talking Like a Pirate by John Baur and Mark Summers
This book was published in 2004. According to brief bios, Anne Bonney was rich and from Charles Town; James Bonney deserted from the navy and became a pirate captain; and Mary Read's husband was Tom Deane and she died in 1720.
Mort ou vif: Les chasses à l’homme les plus extraordinaires by Pierre Bellemare and Jean-François Nahmias
This book was published in 2007. Mary Read is born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother's husband was a naval officer. Mary's brother Mark dies before she is born. Read is a married name that she gets from her first husband, William Read. She leaves Europe on a Dutch merchantman transporting wheat, which is captured by… Continue reading Mort ou vif: Les chasses à l’homme les plus extraordinaires by Pierre Bellemare and Jean-François Nahmias
Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers
This book was published in 2012. According to Frers, Mary Read's mother is an upper class woman whose son dies of a fever. Her husband also dies, and she dresses Mary as a boy to inherit money from him. Jack Rackham (also called Rackham el Rojo) works as Charles Vane's quartermaster on the ship Treasure.… Continue reading Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers
The Look and Learn Book: 1974
This children's book was published in 1973. Anne Bonny is born in 1700 and her family moves to Charleston. Her mother dies three or four years later and Anne learns to ride horses and shoot pistols from "an Indian hunter." She meets James in a tavern and is ultimately released from jail and goes back… Continue reading The Look and Learn Book: 1974
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
Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon
This book was published in 2020. Simon says that Jack Rackham was born on December 26, 1682 and Mary Read was born in 1685. Her mother does not tell her she is a girl. Anne Bonny's mother dies in childbirth, and her father takes her to London where he practices law. His in-laws find out… Continue reading Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon
A pirata by Luísa Costa Gomes
This episodic novelization of Mary Read's life was published in 2006. Mary's mother is named Jenny Read, whose son is Mark. Mark dies at one year old, and Mary is born when there is a Queen Mary. Jenny's mother-in-law dies in December 1699, and Jenny moves to Wales with her lover while Mary is working… Continue reading A pirata by Luísa Costa Gomes
Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History
This reference book was published in 2022 and includes an entry for Anne Bonny. Her parents are William Cormac and Mary Brennan and Anne is born while her mother is in jail. They move to Charleston, and then she and James Bonny move to the Bahamas between 1714 and 1718. Anne has a son with… Continue reading Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History
Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things Done by Sarah Albee
This book was published in 2022. Albee writes that Mary Read's brother died in 1690 before she was born, and that Anne Bonny lived in Charles Town with her father William Cormac. art by Kaja Kajfež
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 