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The wake of the Lorelei Lee being an account of the adventures of Jacky Faber on her way to Botany Bay

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Jacky Faber, rich from her exploits diving for Spanish gold, has purchased the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic. Believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, Jacky docks in London to take on her crew, but is instead arrested and sentenced to life in the newly fo...

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Main Author: Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942-
Other Authors: Kellgren, Katherine
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Language:English
Published: Roseland : Listen & Live Audio, Inc., 2010.
Series:A Bloody Jack adventure
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Sex role > Young adult fiction.
Prisoners > Young adult fiction.
Seafaring life > Young adult fiction.
Orphans > Young adult fiction.
Australia > History > 19th century > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:Jacky Faber, rich from her exploits diving for Spanish gold, has purchased the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic. Believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, Jacky docks in London to take on her crew, but is instead arrested and sentenced to life in the newly formed penal colony in Australia. To add insult to injury, the Lorelei Lee is confiscated to carry Jacky and more than 200 female convicts to populate New South Wales ...
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Duration: 14:55:23.
Physical Description:1 sound file : digital.
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ISBN:9781593164867
1593164866
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.

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