The Only Life That Mattered

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A novel about the short and merry lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam. Fed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, but he has n't reckoned with Anne Bonny, a woman who would soon as stab a man as give him a good tumble - that is, unless he's a pirate. Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas again, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action. And when they capture a Dutch merchant ship, they pick out an unlikely crewmate as well, as expert sword fighter and topmast seamen who has a secret: he just so happens to be a woman named Mary. Together, Jack, Anne, and Mary cut a bold swath through the West Indies, stealing naval sloops, plundering rich merchant ships, and choosing to live a life of freedom - the only life that mattered. Paperback, 414 pages. By Maine Author James L. Nelson. Paperback, 414 pages. Autographed copy Show more