This book was published in 2003. Hatcher Childress describes Jack Rackham as handsome and a snappy dresser whose headquarters was in the Bay Islands. He and Anne Bonney conduct family affairs on an island south of Cuba. Anne and Mary Read are ultimately acquitted.
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Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death
This article was published in the September 7, 1907 issue of the Victoria Daily Times. It says Mary Read lived in France when she married her soldier husband, who dies a few years later, and Anne Bonney dresses as a man to elope with her husband. They are arrested and tried as men, and it's… Continue reading Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death
The Black History Truth: Jamaica by Pamela Gayle
This book was published in 2022. Gayle writes that Jack Rackham wore colorful clothes, and that both Anne Bonny and Mary Read were released from jail.
Moon Spotlight: Negril & Montego Bay by Oliver Hill
This travel guide was published in 2010. It says Anne Bonney and Mary Read were ultimately pardoned.
The Novel and the Sea by Margaret Cohen
This book was published in 2010 and says Anne Bonny and Mary Read were pardoned at their trial.
Piratas, corsarios, bucaneros y filibusteros by Manuel Lucena Salmoral
This book was published in 2005. Mary Read's mother gets a pound a week from the mother-in-law. Fleming is actually the name of Mary's first husband, whom she marries in Breda. Anne Bonny's husband is John Bonny, and they run a tavern in New Providence. Jack Rackham is one of the customers, and he is… Continue reading Piratas, corsarios, bucaneros y filibusteros by Manuel Lucena Salmoral
El secreto de Cristóbal Colón: La flota templaria y el descubrimiento de América by David Hatcher Childress
This book was published in 2006. Jack Rackham is described as "guapo y culto, valiente y muy ingenioso." Childress says his base was in the bay of Honduras but he worked regularly on an island south of Cuba, which is where Anne Bonny gave birth at least twice, and later he has a new base… Continue reading El secreto de Cristóbal Colón: La flota templaria y el descubrimiento de América by David Hatcher Childress
Kingston by Starlight by Christopher John Farley
This novel was published in 2005. It is narrated by Anne Bonny. In Jack Rackam's backstory his father raises civets in Colchester until they lose money and move to London where he (the father) is press-ganged. Jack's mother dies and Jack goes to sea. He sails on the Duke during Woodes Rogers's circumnavigation trip, and… Continue reading Kingston by Starlight by Christopher John Farley
Sex, Love & Homophobia: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives by Vanessa Baird
This book was published in 2004 and uses Ann Bonny and Mary Read as examples of bisexual people. Baird says that both of them were bisexual and both of them were pardoned after their sentencing.
Outlaws by Paul Thomas
This children's nonfiction book was published in 2002. Mary Read is born in 1690. Her father leaves after she is born. Anne Bonny is born in 1700 and her family lives in Charleston. Anne becomes a pirate when she meets James. She runs away with Jack "Several years later". Mary is already a pirate when… Continue reading Outlaws by Paul Thomas
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 