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Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker Publisher: ISBN: 9781954215450 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This book tells the true story about the life of a remarkable young woman, who became the most famous female pirate in history, Anne Bonny. Like the famous ancient Chinese heroine Mulan who engaged in combat like Anne and led fighting men into battle, so Anne Bonny found redemption while engaging in a traditional male pursuit, which proved to be a liberating experience that bestowed greater independence and a sense of freedom to her at a time when women were severely repressed by their patriarchal societies.Anne first sailed the blue waters of the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy in the eighteenth century, while disguised as a male pirate. Many interesting parallels exist between the lives of Anne Bonny and Mulan. Author Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., has presented a vivid scholarly account about the life of this remarkable woman. What he has presented to us is a new and fresh look at Anne Bonny that has been long overdue. Tucker has gone well beyond the dense layers of romantic myths and legends that had long obscured the real person to tell the true story. For the first time, Tucker has placed Anne Bonny in a proper historical perspective to reveal the real Anne Bonny.
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker Publisher: ISBN: 9781954215450 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
This book tells the true story about the life of a remarkable young woman, who became the most famous female pirate in history, Anne Bonny. Like the famous ancient Chinese heroine Mulan who engaged in combat like Anne and led fighting men into battle, so Anne Bonny found redemption while engaging in a traditional male pursuit, which proved to be a liberating experience that bestowed greater independence and a sense of freedom to her at a time when women were severely repressed by their patriarchal societies.Anne first sailed the blue waters of the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy in the eighteenth century, while disguised as a male pirate. Many interesting parallels exist between the lives of Anne Bonny and Mulan. Author Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., has presented a vivid scholarly account about the life of this remarkable woman. What he has presented to us is a new and fresh look at Anne Bonny that has been long overdue. Tucker has gone well beyond the dense layers of romantic myths and legends that had long obscured the real person to tell the true story. For the first time, Tucker has placed Anne Bonny in a proper historical perspective to reveal the real Anne Bonny.
Author: Charles River Charles River Editors Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986072885 Category : Languages : en Pages : 56
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*Includes historic illustrations of Anne Bonny and important people in her life. *Includes a profile of Anne Bonny from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates". *Discusses common legends about Anne Bonny and what is known and unknown about her. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "The Day that Rackam was executed, by special Favour, he was admitted to see her; but all the Comfort she gave him, was, that she was sorry to see him there, but if he had fought like a Man, he need not have been hang'd like a Dog." - Captain Charles Johnson, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates The people who have lived outside the boundaries of normal societies and refused to play by the rules have long fascinated the world, and nowhere is this more evident than the continuing interest in the pirates of centuries past. As the subjects of books, movies, and even theme park rides, people continue to let their imaginations go when it comes to pirates, with buried treasure, parrots, and walking the plank all ingrained in pop culture's perception of them. Charles River Editors' Legendary Pirates series covers the lives, piracy, legends, myths, and legacies of history's most famous pirates. One of the most famous pirates of all time, and possibly the most famous woman to ever become one, was Anne Bonny. The Irish-born girl moved with her family to the Bahamas at a young age in the early 18th century, which at that time was a hotbed for piracy by the likes of Blackbeard, but the redhead with a fiery temper would go on to forge her own reputation. After marrying a poor sailor who accepted clemency to give up piracy, Anne began a legendary affair with Calico Jack Rackam and became pregnant with his child, but that did not stop them from plundering the high seas aboard his pirate ship Revenge, at least until they were captured by British authorities. Anne avoided execution by "pleading her belly", getting a temporary stay of execution due to her pregnancy. It is at that point that Anne Bonny drops off the historical record and becomes the stuff of legends. It's unclear whether she was eventually executed or pardoned or even ransomed, and it's unclear what became of her child. Her relationship with Mary Read aboard the Revenge is also the stuff of legends, and people have been filling in the gaps ever since. Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Anne Bonny looks at the mysterious life and legends of the famous female pirate, attempting to separate fact from fiction while analyzing her lasting legacy. Along with pictures depicting Anne Bonny and important people in her life, you will learn about the famous pirate like you never have before, in no time at all.
Author: Stacey Peebles Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 9780801461422 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 200
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Our collective memories of World War II and Vietnam have been shaped as much by memoirs, novels, and films as they have been by history books. In Welcome to the Suck, Stacey Peebles examines the growing body of contemporary war stories in prose, poetry, and film that speak to the American soldier’s experience in the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War. Stories about war always encompass ideas about initiation, masculinity, cross-cultural encounters, and trauma. Peebles shows us how these timeless themes find new expression among a generation of soldiers who have grown up in a time when it has been more acceptable than ever before to challenge cultural and societal norms, and who now have unprecedented and immediate access to the world away from the battlefield through new media and technology. Two Gulf War memoirs by Anthony Swofford (Jarhead) and Joel Turnipseed (Baghdad Express) provide a portrait of soldiers living and fighting on the cusp of the major political and technological changes that would begin in earnest just a few years later. The Iraq War, a much longer conflict, has given rise to more and various representations. Peebles covers a blog by Colby Buzzell ("My War"), memoirs by Nathaniel Fick (One Bullet Away) and Kayla Williams (Love My Rifle More Than You); a collection of stories by John Crawford (The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell); poetry by Brian Turner (Here, Bullet); the documentary Alive Day Memories; and the feature films In the Valley of Elah and the winner of the 2010 Oscar for Best Picture, The Hurt Locker, both written by the war correspondent Mark Boal. Books and other media emerging from the conflicts in the Gulf have yet to receive the kind of serious attention that Vietnam War texts received during the 1980s and 1990s. With its thoughtful and timely analysis, Welcome to the Suck will provoke much discussion among those who wish to understand today’s war literature and films and their place in the tradition of war representation more generally.
Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780152018856 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Two women who sailed with Calico Jack Rackham and his pirates in the early 1700's do their best to defend their ship while the men on board are busy drinking.
Author: Scott Lynch Publisher: Del Rey ISBN: 0553903586 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 578
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In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can’t rest for long—and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing the proceeds for themselves. This time, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele—and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit, amusing behavior…and excruciatingly impeccable play. For there is one cardinal rule, enforced by Requin, the house’s cold-blooded master: it is death to cheat at any game at the Sinspire. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way up the nine floors…straight to Requin’s teeming vault. Under the cloak of false identities, they meticulously make their climb—until they are closer to the spoils than ever. But someone in Tal Verrar has uncovered the duo’s secret. Someone from their past who has every intention of making the impudent criminals pay for their sins. Now it will take every ounce of cunning to save their mercenary souls. And even that may not be enough.… Praise for Red Seas Under Red Skies “Lynch hasn’t merely imagined a far-off world, he’s created it, put it all down on paper—the smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.”—Booklist (starred review) “Red Seas Under Red Skies firmly proves that Scott Lynch isn’t a one-hit wonder. . . . It’ll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.”—Fantasy Book Critic “Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.”—Locus
Author: Leigh Lewis Publisher: National Geographic Kids ISBN: 9781426371950 Category : Piracy Languages : en Pages : 64
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"A collection of fact-filled profiles, poetry, and illustrations of women pirates who made their mark on the high seas. Each profile includes an original poem presented against a backdrop of full-color art by illustrator Sara Woolley Gomez. The profile is followed by information about the real life and times of these daring women"--
Author: Susan Hopkins Publisher: ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 258
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Examination of women in contemporary popular culture. Looks at female celebrities such as warrior Xena, the Spice Girls, the Powerpuff Girls and supernatural Buffy. Argues that girls are no longer prepared to accept weak and dependent role models. Includes bibliography and index. Author is a lecturer in Social Science at the University of Queensland. She is the author of several articles on popular culture, youth culture and femininity.
Author: A.C. Crispin Publisher: Disney Electronic Content ISBN: 1423152514 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 842
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Twenty-five-year-old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyhood pirating days, but he doesn't miss Teague's scrutiny or the constant threat of the noose. Besides, he doesn't have much choice—he broke the Code when he freed a friend who had been accused of rogue piracy, and he can no longer show his face in Shipwreck Cove. When Jack's ship is attacked by pirates and his captain dies in the altercation, he suddenly finds himself in command.
Author: Lin Donn Publisher: Good Year Books ISBN: 9781596474079 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 125
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Presenting lessons proven on the firing line, creative teacher Mr. Donn and his circus dog Maxie show how to immerse students in learning ancient history and keep them coming back for more. Sections feature well-structured plans supported by reproducibles, special lessons for the computer lab (with links and handouts), and additional lessons for substitute teachers. Topics in this unit include geography; the Shang and Zhou dynasties; Confucianism, Taoism, and legalism; the Qin dynasty; the Great Wall; the Han dynasty; daily life; the Silk Road; the T'ang dynasty; Buddhism; Chinese inventions; the Chinese calendar; ancient Chinese festivals; and a virtual visit to China. Grades 6-8. Revised Edition.
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Author: Charles River Charles River Editors
Author: Stacey Peebles
Author: Jane Yolen
Author: Scott Lynch
Author: Leigh Lewis
Author: Susan Hopkins
Author: A.C. Crispin
Author: Lin Donn