The only life that mattered : 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, until he meets Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon 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, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action. Based On The Real-life Female Pirates Of The West Indies, This Novel Of Swashbuckling On The High Seas In The Eighteenth Century Finds Adventure-seeking Anne Bonny Teaming Up With Calico Jack Rackham To Raise The Skull And Crossbones Over The Caribbean. James L. Nelson. This Book Was Previously Published In A Significantly Different Form By Tor Books In 2001 As The Sweet Trade By Elizabeth Garrett--t.p. Verso.