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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

8-31-05

Pirate Anne Bonny: From Ireland to the Caribbean

"Time" magazine writer Christopher John Farley pens a tale about a female pirate named Anne Bonny. Farley talks about traveling from Ireland to the Caribbean to research his novel "Kingston by Starlight."

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"