They're Female. They're Pirates. They're Female Pirates.

a list by Leah Smith, librarian and avid reader
filed under Sea Stories

Ahoy, Mateys! There be female pirates. Here lies the best non-fiction about pirates... who happen to be of the female persuasion.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/Seafaring_Women_Adventures_of_Pirate_Queens_Female_Stowaways_and_Sailors_Wives');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375758720'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/Seafaring_Women_Adventures_of_Pirate_Queens_Female_Stowaways_and_Sailors_Wives');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375758720'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives

by David Cordingly

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/Seafaring_Women_Adventures_of_Pirate_Queens_Female_Stowaways_and_Sailors_Wives');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/Seafaring_Women_Adventures_of_Pirate_Queens_Female_Stowaways_and_Sailors_Wives');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375758720'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 320 page paperback |$14.65 |7 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Queen_In_Search_of_Grace_OMalley_and_Other_Legendary_Women_of_the_Sea');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/158005109X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Queen_In_Search_of_Grace_OMalley_and_Other_Legendary_Women_of_the_Sea');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/158005109X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea

by Barbara Sjoholm

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Queen_In_Search_of_Grace_OMalley_and_Other_Legendary_Women_of_the_Sea');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Queen_In_Search_of_Grace_OMalley_and_Other_Legendary_Women_of_the_Sea');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/158005109X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 288 page paperback |$11.96 |9 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/They_Went_Whistling_Women_Wayfarers_Warriors_Runaways_and_Renegades');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385720025'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/They_Went_Whistling_Women_Wayfarers_Warriors_Runaways_and_Renegades');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385720025'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways, and Renegades

by Barbara Holland

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/They_Went_Whistling_Women_Wayfarers_Warriors_Runaways_and_Renegades');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/They_Went_Whistling_Women_Wayfarers_Warriors_Runaways_and_Renegades');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0385720025'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 304 page paperback |$11.20 |10 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Trial_of_Anne_Bonny_and_Mary_Read');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0965464695'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Trial_of_Anne_Bonny_and_Mary_Read');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0965464695'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Pirate Trial of Anne Bonny and Mary Read

by Tamara J. Eastman, Constance Bond

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Trial_of_Anne_Bonny_and_Mary_Read');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/The_Pirate_Trial_of_Anne_Bonny_and_Mary_Read');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0965464695'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> used, starting at $18.14 |10 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/She_Captains_Heroines_and_Hellions_of_the_Sea');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684856913'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Theyre_Female_Theyre_Pirates_Theyre_Female_Pirates/She_Captains_Heroines_and_Hellions_of_the_Sea');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684856913'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea

by Joan Druett

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