# Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution

By Maturin M. Ballou.

"Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution" by Maturin Murray Ballou is a novel published in 1844. When her fiancé is seized and imprisoned aboard a British ship bound for Cuba, young Fanny Campbell disguises herself as a man to rescue him. Taking the name Channing, she signs on as a deckhand, foments a mutiny, and seizes command of the vessel. What begins as a daring rescue mission transforms into high-seas adventure as Campbell leads her crew through battles and captures during the Revolutionary War era. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Sea stories; War stories; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction; Women pirates -- Fiction

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