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Author:

Duncombe, Laura Sook, author.

Title:

A pirate's life for she : swashbuckling women through the ages / Laura Sook Duncombe.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press Incorporated,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

216 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Women pirates--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women pirates--History--Juvenile literature.
Women pirates.
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part 1. Revenge -- Sayyida al-Hurra -- Jeanne de Clisson -- Lagertha -- Part 2. Escape -- Alfhild -- Margaret Jordan -- Charlotte Badger -- Mary Read -- Part 3. Glory -- Artemisia -- Teuta -- Part 4. Adventure -- Rachel Wall -- Sadie Farrell -- Anne Bonny -- Part 5. Power -- Lady Mary Killigrew -- Maria Cobham -- Grace O'Malley -- Cheng I Sao -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Pirates are an enduring popular subject, depicted often in songs, stories, and Halloween costumes. Yet the truth about pirate women--who they were, why they went to sea, and what their lives were really like--is seldom a part of the conversation. In this Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, A Pirate's Life for She tells the story of 16 women who through the ages sailed alongside--and sometimes in command of--their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom.

ISBN:

1641600551
9781641600552

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090175939

LCCN:

2019012886

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)