Both interminable installments in this absolutely insane duology, Les valets du roi and La parade des ombres, were published in 2005. Mary's mother is named Cecily, who married John Read. Their son is named Mary Oliver. Mary's father is named Tom. When Mary is born and Tom disappears, Cecily and her children move to Hull… Continue reading Lady Pirate by Mireille Calmel
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Empire of Blue Water by Stephen Talty
This book was published in 2007. Talty describes Jack Rackham as "randy and dashing". He participates in building a tent city in New Providence. Talty seems to confuse Anne Bonny and Mary Read, saying that Anne died of a fever in jail and Mary "disappeared off the face of the earth."
Pirates/Pirates of the High Seas/Real Pirates: Outlaws of the Sea
This charming documentary series first aired in 1994 as 13 half-hour episodes under the title Pirates. It was edited to feature length for release on DVD in 2003 as Pirates of the High Seas, which was then repackaged in 2006 as Real Pirates: Outlaws of the Sea. Anne Bonney and Mary Read are dramatized in… Continue reading Pirates/Pirates of the High Seas/Real Pirates: Outlaws of the Sea
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Milk by Kitty Richards
This Rugrats book was published in 2000. The story involves the Rugrats kids having a time travel adventure after Grandpa reads them a pirate story. In the story that Grandpa reads, William Kidd meets Anne Bonny and Mary Read in Madagascar. They have a reputation as the bravest pirates ever, so William asks them to… Continue reading Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Milk by Kitty Richards
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Women’s History by Constance Jones
This book was published in 1998. Anne Bonney and Mary Reade are thing #958. Jones says that crime was Mary's "true calling" and that she and Anne "joined forces and set off on their own to plunder and terrorize the West Indies." After their executions are postponed, they get released from jail and run away.
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen
This children's book was published in 1995. It relates in rhyme the events of John Rackham's arrest. In the end, Anne Bonney and Mary Reade survive into old age and have grandchildren.
Saved By Their Bellies by P. Roderick Harris
This humorous article appeared in volume 1 number 7 of the girly magazine Sir Knight in 1959. Harris writes that "Freud would have had a ball with Mary" and "her happily unpsychoanalyzed mother" lmfao. He takes an interesting and maybe unintentional jab at Johnson's narrative by describing Mary's life as having been "shaped by persons… Continue reading Saved By Their Bellies by P. Roderick Harris
Buccaneer Mary
This comic appeared in Real Life Comics #44, published in May 1948. This is a very brief 3-page summary of the life of Mary Read, showing her as a soldier, a merchant sailor, and a pirate before getting arrested and tried. In the end, the judge doesn't want to execute a woman, so he condemns… Continue reading Buccaneer Mary
The Rogue’s Moon by Robert W. Chambers
This story was published as a novel but also in magazines, serialized or as individual stories. It's about a girl named Nancy Topsfield who works in a tavern in Topsail Inlet dressed as a boy and gets mixed up in various piratical storylines. It's quite charming, sort of "Perils of Pauline". Nancy never meets John… Continue reading The Rogue’s Moon by Robert W. Chambers
Les gentilshommes de fortune by Frédéric Boutet
This article appeared in La Revue mondiale in 1911. According to this article, Jean Rackam and his officers were hanged by their feet, whereas the turtlers were hanged by the neck. Ok... Mary's older brother dies at 10 months old--presumably to minimize the age difference to make the deception more believable. She reveals her gender… Continue reading Les gentilshommes de fortune by Frédéric Boutet
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 