“It occurred to me, however, to wonder what it would be like if the girl, instead of seeking to be with her lover, connives to get on board a British warship in order to just eat regularly and have a place to stay.” “These songs generally end up with the girl being found out quickly and threatened with being thrown overboard, but all ends happily when she either marries the boy or the captain,” and Meyer, in an essay posted on his website. The show had featured British and Celtic folk songs about girls who dressed up as men in order to get aboard a sailing ship. Mary “Jacky” Faber - known as “Bloody Jack” in the books - is a character Meyer created in the early 2000s after listening to George Fowler’s “New Potatoes” radio program on WERU 89.9 FM. Meyer, the best-selling author of the popular Jacky Faber young adult adventure book series, died July 29 at his home in the Hancock County town of Corea after a long battle with lymphoma.
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