Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter is a novel written by Frank R. Stockton. It tells the story of Kate Bonnet, the daughter of a notorious pirate, who wants to leave her father's life of crime and settle down with the man she loves. However, her father's past comes back to haunt her, and she must decide between love and loyalty to her family.

After abandoning the family, Kate Bonnet sets out to find and reprimand her pirate father, Stede, who is being targeted by multiple figures including Blackbeard. She meets various people along her journey who help make the trek worth her while. Kate Bonnet is the fictional daughter of the renowned pirate, Stede Bonnet. In Stockton’s interpretation, she’s a steadfast young woman whose father left the family to fend for themselves. Despite personal objections, Kate travels to find Stede and bring him back home. Throughout her venture, she encounters many people some of whom become traveling companions. She also crosses paths with a Naval officer who plans to capture Stede and barter his freedom for Kate’s hand in marriage. Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate’s Daughter is an entertaining mix of historical fiction. Despite the title, the story is not a traditional romance. The heroine has agency and ideals that go beyond courtship and marriage. She’s dedicated to her family and righting her father’s many wrongs. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate’s Daughter is both modern and readable.

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This satirical novel tells the adventures of beautiful Kate, a fictional daughter of a planter turned pirate 'Major Stede Bonnet' who was known as The 'Gentleman Pirate.' Kate falls in love with her friend Dickory as they share adventures while trying to change the ways of her pirate father.

"Look upon me and you will not see what you expect to see! I am pirate Bonnet, the new terror of the sea! You, my men, my brave men, you are not the crew of the good merchantman, the "Sarah Williams," you are pirates all. You are the pirate crew of the pirate ship "Revenge." That is now the name of this vessel on which you sail." Above him floated the black flag with the skull and bones -- the terrible "Jolly Roger" of the Spanish Main.

Frank Richard Stockton (1834 -1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. 1895 adventure novel The Adventures of Captain Horn was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895. Born in Philadelphia in the year 1834, Stockton was the son of a prominent Methodist minister who discouraged him from a writing career. After he married Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, they moved to Burlington, New Jersey. where he produced some of his first literary work. The couple then moved to Nutley, New Jersey. In this book: The adventures of Capitan Horn Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts