Meet the Lady Pirate: Back from the Dead Red

Every fan of pirate stories has heard of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, who sailed with Calico Jack Rackham. But have you ever heard of Back from the Dead Red?

Jacquotte Delahaye (active in the 1650s), also known as Back from the Dead Red, was a Haitian pirate who, like Anne Bonny and Mary Read, wore male clothes and lived as a man to escape the restrictions on women's lives in the 17th century. She faked her own death, hence the nickname. Jacquotte Delahaye was no mere deckhand -- she commanded a crew of bloodthirsty buccaneers. In 1656 she relieved the Spanish of control of a small Caribbean island, where she established a freebooter republic.

If you're interested in nautical home decor, consider a piratical theme. A pirate end table is both practical and attractive. For a child's bedroom, a Jolly Roger flag makes a great wall hanging (also good for flying from tree houses). Piggy banks like the one-eyed pirate bank or the long bearded pirate with a parrot bank will help your youngsters save their pieces of eight. Pirate bookends will help keep safe copies of Jane Yolen's Pirates in Petticoats, Andre Norton's Scarface, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, other sea-faring adventures, or our pirate journal.

Figurines can be used to decorate a child's room or your living room or office. We have ships, captains, pirates with treasure, pirates with rifles, piratical ghosts, and pirates with monkeys, both captains and deckhands. We also have clocks.

For adults, we have a selection of pirate bottle holders.

Contact us if you want piratical decor or furniture. We'll be pleased to help you.