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A Pirate’s Life for She: Swashbuckling Women Through the Ages

 Laura Sook Duncombe (L'11)
 June 13, 2023

A Pirate’s Life for She tells the story of 16 women who sailed alongside—and sometimes commanded—their male counterparts.

(Chicago Review Press, 2019)

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