Sea queens : women pirates around the world
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Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA, p.103 (2008)Call Number:
Cubb Curr G535 .Y65 2008URL:
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8380604Keywords:
Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies 2009, Pirates, Women pirates, Women pirates--Biography--Juvenile literature, Women pirates--History--Juvenile literatureAbstract:
Contents: The sea queens -- Artemisia, Admiral-Queen, Persia, 500-480 BC -- Queen Teuta, Illyria, circa 230 BC -- Alfhild, Denmark, ninth century -- Jeanne de Belleville, Brittany, fourteenth century -- Grania O'Malley, Ireland, sixteenth century -- Lady Killigrew, England, late sixteenth century -- Pretty Peg and the Dutch Privateer, Holland, seventeenth century -- Charlotte de Berry, England, mid-seventeenth century -- Anne Bonney and Mary Read, American colonies, early eighteenth century -- Rachel Wall, United States of America, late eighteenth century -- Mary Anne Talbot, England, late eighteenth century -- Madame Ching, China, early nineteenth century.; Summary: Brief biographies of women pirates from around the world.
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Lexile measure 1040; ages 8-14; book level 7.1
