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My bonny light horseman being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, in love and war

While trying to run a respectable shipping business in 1806, teenaged Jacky Faber finds herself in France, spying for the British Crown in order to save her friends.

Main Author: Meyer, L. A. 1942-
Other Authors: Kellgren, Katherine.
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language: English
Published: [Roseland, N.J.] : Listen & Live Audio, Inc., 2009.
Series: A Bloody Jack adventure ; #06
Subjects:
Spies > Young adult fiction.
Orphans > Young adult fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Young adult fiction.
Bloody Jack (Fictitious character) > Young adult fiction.
France > History > Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 > Young adult fiction.
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Summary: While trying to run a respectable shipping business in 1806, teenaged Jacky Faber finds herself in France, spying for the British Crown in order to save her friends.
Item Description: Downloadable audio file.
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Unabridged.
Duration: 12:01:06.
Playing Time: 12:01:06
Format: Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 172749 KB; MP3 file size: 338586 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN: 9781593164485
1593164483
Author Notes: L. A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1942. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Florida in Gainesville and soon after, enlisted in the U.S. Navy for a four year-stint. He worked as a social worker and then published two picture books, The Gypsy Bears and The Clean Air and Peaceful Contentment Dirigible Airline, before receiving his M.F.A. in painting from Boston University in 1973.

He taught high school art in Massachusetts for seven years and then left to open art and design shops. His first novel for young readers, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, was published in 2002. It became the first book in the Bloody Jack Adventure series. He died from Hodgkin's lymphoma on July 29, 2014 at the age of 71.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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