Being an Account of the
Misadventures of Jacky Faber,
Midshipman and Fine Lady
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942–
Curse of the blue tattoo: being an account of the misadventures
of Jacky Faber, midshipman and fine lady/L. A. Meyer,
p. cm.
Title: Curse of the blue tattoo.
Summary: In 1803, after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship,
Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where, instead
of learning to be a lady, she battles her snobbish classmates,
roams the city in search of adventure, and learns to ride a horse.
[1. Orphans—Fiction. 2. Sex role—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction.
4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Boston (Mass.)—History—19th century—Fiction.]
I. Title: Curse of the blue tattoo. II. Title.
PZ7.M57172B1 2004
[Fic]—dc22 2003019032
ISBN 0-15-205115-5
Text set in Minion
Display set in Pabst
Designed by Cathy Riggs
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Printed in the United States of America
For Annetje, as always,
and for Matthew and Nathaniel