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#7 OF 459 BEST OF 1001 HEROES PIRATES ANN BONNY AND MARY READ: THE LEGEND LIVES ON
The amazing true story of two female pirates, Ann Bonny and Mary Read, who served as active, swashbuckling buccaneers for two weeks in 1720 under Captain Jack Rackam and were captured , tried and found guilty in Jamaica, where they pleaded "full bellies"- were spared the noose, but confined to jail.
Their names were immortalized in the 1724 best seller "A General History of Pirates" and they have since become heroines in a number of video games and television series-becoming role models for many young women seeking independent identities.;
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