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Boston Jacky being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, taking care of business

The irrepressible Jacky Faber, recently arrived in Boston, finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and local residents angry at the arrival of hundreds of Irish immigrants on a ship owned by Faber Shipping Worldwide.

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Main Author:	Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2013.
Series:	A Bloody Jack adventure ; #11
Subjects:	Sex role > Young adult fiction. Immigrants > Young adult fiction. Irish > United States > Young adult fiction. Temperance > Young adult fiction. Boston (Mass.) > Young adult fiction. Adventure stories > Young adult. Sea stories > Young adult. Historical fiction > Young adult.
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Summary:	The irrepressible Jacky Faber, recently arrived in Boston, finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and local residents angry at the arrival of hundreds of Irish immigrants on a ship owned by Faber Shipping Worldwide.
Physical Description:	364 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780547974958 0547974957
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)