Anne Bonny and Mary Read Fearsome Female Pirates of the Eighteenth Century

Anne Bonny and Mary Read both spent their childhood in disguise, forced to dress as boys to keep family secrets safe. When they grew up, they used these disguises to join the crews of pirate ships on which women were considered bad luck. This book follows Bonny and Read from their childhoods to their meeting aboard the ship of Calico Jack Rackham and their capture. Students will be amazed at the exploits of these women and will be left pondering the question: Whatever became of Anne Bonny?Weintraub, Aileen is the author of 'Anne Bonny and Mary Read Fearsome Female Pirates of the Eighteenth Century', published 0013 under ISBN 9780823957958 and ISBN 0823957950.