Aimed at a young audience, there was not a lot of meat in these brief biographies. However, there was enough to illustrate how the brutal and hard life of a pirate was also enjoyed (?!) by women. Some inherited the position from their husband and some eagerly sought out a life of adventure on the high seas. Many were caught and executed but a couple spent their last days peacefully ashore. The stories were enhanced by paintings depicting the periods and there was even a photograph of the most recent pirate, a Chinese woman named Lai Choi San. ( )