This article was published in the February 19, 1913 issue of the Peterborough Morning Times. According to this article, Mary Read joins the navy when she is under 18 years old and goes by the name Frank Read. She and her husband keep an inn in Flanders, until he dies after 1 or 2 years.… Continue reading Female Pirates of Olden Days
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Le chercheur d’or by JMG le Clézio
This novel was published in 1985, and describes Anne Bonny as Jean Rackham's wife.
Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon
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
Les pirates: Forbans, flibustiers, boucaniers et autres gueux de mer by Gilles Lapouge
This book was published in 1987. In Anne Bonney's last words to Jack Rackam she tells him he should have fought like a lion, instead of a man, and Mary Read is hanged on November 28, 1720.
Folklore and the Sea by Horace Beck
This book was published in 1973. Beck writes that Anne Bonney and Mary Reed were "street women" and that Mary was hanged, while Anne was pregnant and her execution delayed until she gave birth, but she got pregnant a second time. Jack Rackham is described as her husband.
Shipwrecks, Pirates & Privateers: Sunken Treasure of the Upper South Carolina Coast, 1521-1865 by E. Lee Spence
This book was published in 1995. Spence describes Jack Rackham as Anne Bonney's husband, and says that they and Mary Reade sailed in South Carolina.
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
Wolves of the Sea: Two Women Pirates by MV Campbell
This article was published in the June 1909 issue of Uncle Sam's Magazine. When Mary Read joins a privateer crew that turns pirate, Jack Rackam and Ann Bonny are a married couple and both on the crew. Ann's family disowned her when she married him. Mary's new lover is a painter whom Jack recruits to… Continue reading Wolves of the Sea: Two Women Pirates by MV Campbell
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
Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes by Peter Lamborn Wilson
This book was published in 1995. Lamborn Wilson describes Ann Bonney and Mary Reade as Jack Rackham's wives.
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 