Pirates! When you hear the word you probably think of men roaming the high seas, searching for ships to plunder. Yet there were women who sailed and robbed and murdered. Some of the most daring pirates were women. In Women Pirates: Eight Stories of Adventure you will read about the Scandinavian princess Alfhild, Irish Queen Grace O'Malley, the legendary team of Mary Read and Anne Bonny, Chinese warlord Cheng I Sao, ruthless Maria Cobham, and two American pirates of the revolutionary era, Rachel Wall and Fanny Campbell.
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Grade 6-9-Piracy conjures up images of tough, dangerous, sea-going men who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. Yet there were exceptions to this rule; women also sailed, plundered, and fought during that same time period. Most of the women profiled here were from the United Kingdom or the American colonies and were raised as boys or learned to pass as males. However, there are also examples from other cultures and other times, such as the Viking Alfhild and the Chinese pirate Cheng I Sao. The topic is specialized but will interest those wanting historical evidence of women who defied the conventions of their time and place. The print is fairly large and the situations are explained well, but the sentences tend to be short and simple. The quotations and etchings interspersed throughout the text are not cited although a final bibliography is appended. This is a shame, for these less-well-known cases call for definitive documentation.
Janet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Janet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"These tales of women pirates show that the 'gentle sex' could be dastardly too." -- Kirkus Reviews
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