Ballou, Maturin M. (Maturin Murray)
"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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