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Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West (Bloody Jack #5)
by
L.A. Meyer
The intrepid Jacky Faber, having once again eluded British authorities, heads west, hoping that no one will recognize her in the wilds of America. There she tricks the tall-tale hero Mike Fink out of his flatboat, equips it as a floating casino-showboat, and heads south to New Orleans, battling murderous bandits, British soldiers, and other scoundrels along the way. Will J...more
Hardcover, 611 pages
Published
September 1st 2007
by Harcourt Children's Books
(first published August 13th 2007)
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Another wild and wonderful adventure with Miss Jacky Faber! Here Jacky is on the run from the British (again/still!) for the bounty so unfairly placed upon her spunky blond head. Her journey this time takes her "out west" to the frontier (in early 1800s sense of the word, i.e., Ohio. Ever in love with ships and the water, it is inevitable that Jacky will soon be floating along the Mississippi River and Jacky's flair for the dramatic is put to good use on a show-boat of her very own making. But,...more
This is the fifth book in the series and in all honestly I was hoping it was the last. Granted, the book truly has it's moments and the writing, though not great, is good, but the plot is extremely - or a better word might be excruciatingly - predictable and getting very stale as the series wears on. With every book Jacky and her "true love" Jaimy are always just a moment away from happiness and being together forever before their hopes are dashed yet again and it's getting old fast. Personally...more
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Why I read this: I love these books and they are amazing on audio!
Plot: In this book, we find Jacky trekking across the Americas and of course finding a boat to sail down the Mississippi River. Jacky may be inland, but she always finds a way to stay on water as much as possible. This book is full of new twists, a possibly reunion with Jaimy and some adventures that involve pirates, a whorehouse, and trying not to get killed.
Characters: I love Mike Fink. What a fantastic character. An...more
Why I read this: I love these books and they are amazing on audio!
Plot: In this book, we find Jacky trekking across the Americas and of course finding a boat to sail down the Mississippi River. Jacky may be inland, but she always finds a way to stay on water as much as possible. This book is full of new twists, a possibly reunion with Jaimy and some adventures that involve pirates, a whorehouse, and trying not to get killed.
Characters: I love Mike Fink. What a fantastic character. An...more
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When I first started reading this book, I wondered how Jacky was going to fare for an entire novel away from open water. However, I needn't have worried. Given a large body of water, (in this case the Mississippi River) Jacky soon has herself set up as the captain of a nice little river boat with a crew of mostly trustworthy characters.
This book, like all of the others, moves. Jacky is in and out of trouble so fast it's dizzying, and she's very lucky that she has quite a few people who love her....more
This book, like all of the others, moves. Jacky is in and out of trouble so fast it's dizzying, and she's very lucky that she has quite a few people who love her....more
Jacky Faber is the light of my life. :D This has been an excellent month so far for heroines. I've got my brave book lover Hazel venturing into the woods, my angry brilliant accused-of-sociopathy-because-people-appear-to-misunderstand-intense-drive-and-ambition-in-teenage-girls Frankie and now the amazing charming so-suited-to-the-American-West-I-think-it-some-strange-twist-of-fate-she-was-actually-born-in-London Jacky. Keep it up July, I am definitely digging this trend.
ANYDOODLES. Basically th...more
ANYDOODLES. Basically th...more
Lots of quibbles with this one, but overall the series is back on track with a rousing and unpredictable adventure. In the grand tradition of other Epic Journeys downriver.
1) Jaimy! I love him and his meaty subplot here, wherein he really gets to screw up and come of age in his own right instead of just writing sappy letters and pining after Jacky. Not that he doesn't do that too! Actually, I wish Meyer would give up on the letter-writing conceit already - the occasional use of "I'm not really w...more
1) Jaimy! I love him and his meaty subplot here, wherein he really gets to screw up and come of age in his own right instead of just writing sappy letters and pining after Jacky. Not that he doesn't do that too! Actually, I wish Meyer would give up on the letter-writing conceit already - the occasional use of "I'm not really w...more
Alright, I took a break during this book.
I didn’t mean to take a break mind you, it just sort of happened. I’m in the USA Navy myself, and unlike good ‘ol Jackie I find myself tethered down a mite bit quicker than she, and have suffered lack of reading because of a ridiculous work schedule during deployment. So a whiles ago I had read a good size of this book, but laid it to the wayside due to work requirements. In fact, I haven’t been able to read ANY book in the past few months.
But I just coul...more
I didn’t mean to take a break mind you, it just sort of happened. I’m in the USA Navy myself, and unlike good ‘ol Jackie I find myself tethered down a mite bit quicker than she, and have suffered lack of reading because of a ridiculous work schedule during deployment. So a whiles ago I had read a good size of this book, but laid it to the wayside due to work requirements. In fact, I haven’t been able to read ANY book in the past few months.
But I just coul...more
With the aid of her friends, Jacky Faber again escapes a British naval brig and heads west into the American wilderness Unknown to her, and delayed by the fickle fortunes of fate her true love, Jaimy Fletcher, is following in her tracks. Relieving the boisterous boasting Mike Fink of his keelboat on the Allegheny River she poles, paddles, and floats downstream to the headwaters of the Ohio River at Pittsburgh. She and her growing crew of companions repaint and outfit their craft as “The Belle of...more
First thing's first: I listened to this on audiobook, and what a fantastic narrator it had! Utterly perfect, highly recommend the audiobook if you can get your hands on it.
Jacky is a wonderfully fun character, but this is the first time that I've felt that her adventures were repetitive and overly reliant on coincidence. There were a few too many supporting characters in this book, few of whom are that memorable, with only one or two points of characterization to distinguish them from another.
T...more
Jacky is a wonderfully fun character, but this is the first time that I've felt that her adventures were repetitive and overly reliant on coincidence. There were a few too many supporting characters in this book, few of whom are that memorable, with only one or two points of characterization to distinguish them from another.
T...more
Ahh, 200 pages in. All these thrwated meetings with Jaimy are KILLING me! I'm a bit bugged with his traveling companion and little sleepover friend Clemmy. What is he thinking?? It is bugging me but he still writes the sweetest letters to Jacky. I'm still liking him. Sorry ladies.
Jacky, how could you give up a Lord of the Realm?? As you all know, I am a big fan of that slippery Jaimy Fletcher but I sure loved Lord Richard Allen. Geez, how does Jacky get all these guys in her life? She is one che...more
Jacky, how could you give up a Lord of the Realm?? As you all know, I am a big fan of that slippery Jaimy Fletcher but I sure loved Lord Richard Allen. Geez, how does Jacky get all these guys in her life? She is one che...more
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Jacky is back! What I love about this particular installment is that the author puts Jacky on a moving course which allows her to come upon more than just one or two main adventures. Also, for the first time, we are able to follow along with Lt. Fletcher and listen in on his endeavors as well. I really loved having more than one narrator.
I am getting nervous to be nearing the end of the published series. Luckily there is another book due out this year and I still have two left. OH MY I WILL MIS...more
I am getting nervous to be nearing the end of the published series. Luckily there is another book due out this year and I still have two left. OH MY I WILL MIS...more
Not much to say about this one. It's a Jacky Faber book. Pretty formulaic at this point.
Jacky and Jaimy chase each after each other - at this point they've being so more than they've actually been together.
Misunderstandings will happen.
A man or twenty is after Jacky - to capture for a reward, to kill, to molest -- so many reasons.
She has her friends, admirers, followers though and this time they're following her into fairly uncharted waters (and lands) -- at least for her. Jacky is venturing...more
Jacky and Jaimy chase each after each other - at this point they've being so more than they've actually been together.
Misunderstandings will happen.
A man or twenty is after Jacky - to capture for a reward, to kill, to molest -- so many reasons.
She has her friends, admirers, followers though and this time they're following her into fairly uncharted waters (and lands) -- at least for her. Jacky is venturing...more
Jacky, fleeing capture by the British (it's complicated), takes off for the American frontier and has a nautical adventure travelling down the Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Along the way she makes lots of new friends, a riverboat gambler, escaped slave, preacher, some loose women, some wayward lads, Indians, British soldiers, and lots of her enemies show up at very inopportune moments.
One of the things I liked best about this adventure is that we get much more of Jaimy's story as he t...more
One of the things I liked best about this adventure is that we get much more of Jaimy's story as he t...more
Jacky Faber joins the cast of Big River! Seriously, though, this one was kind of a letdown.
The book picks up right from the cliffhanger ending of the last book; faced with imminent capture by the British Royal Navy for piracy, Jacky is rescued at the last minute through the cunning schemes of her loyal and talented friends. Needing a safe port to ship out from, she decides to make her way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Accompanied by her steadfast friend John Higgins and the tacitur...more
The book picks up right from the cliffhanger ending of the last book; faced with imminent capture by the British Royal Navy for piracy, Jacky is rescued at the last minute through the cunning schemes of her loyal and talented friends. Needing a safe port to ship out from, she decides to make her way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Accompanied by her steadfast friend John Higgins and the tacitur...more
This was more lighthearted that the last book, because she's in a better situation. What I enjoyed most about this one, is Jaimy actually got to have his own adventure. I think this will really help their relationship, because in the last couple of books, I was beginning to feel like they were growing apart, even though they couldn't see it. Jaimy would always write about how he wished she'd "stay out of trouble" and how she'd get to stay put and at home once they were married. Now, he's seen th...more
Mississippi Jack
L. A. Meyer
Published: 2007
Genre: Fiction, Young Adult
Mississippi Jack is set in the 1800s. The main character Jacky is out traveling in the American wilderness. Jacky is forced to stop sailing the ocean for awhile because she is wanted by the king for piracy. Even out in the wilderness Jacky finds some way to sail. The Mississippi River is not as big and violent as the ocean, but it’s a close 2nd. On her way down the Mississippi she has to carefully avoid being caught by any Bri...more
L. A. Meyer
Published: 2007
Genre: Fiction, Young Adult
Mississippi Jack is set in the 1800s. The main character Jacky is out traveling in the American wilderness. Jacky is forced to stop sailing the ocean for awhile because she is wanted by the king for piracy. Even out in the wilderness Jacky finds some way to sail. The Mississippi River is not as big and violent as the ocean, but it’s a close 2nd. On her way down the Mississippi she has to carefully avoid being caught by any Bri...more
I thought this book was good, but not great. It was pretty predictable, yet still interesting. It was nice to see Jaimy getting some writing, but I still don't like him. He's a tad dim and tends to be blinded by his prudish mindset. I was really hoping he and Clementine would just get married and settle down, because he's obviously never going to get together with Jacky.
I really liked Richard Allen. He's probably one of my favorite characters so far. He's funny, interesting and his character gr...more
I really liked Richard Allen. He's probably one of my favorite characters so far. He's funny, interesting and his character gr...more
How many more adventures can this girl have and how many more hits and misses with life-long love, James Fletcher can she endure?
This book follows Jacky down the Mississippi as she continues to evade capture by British forces who are charged to bring her back to England for crimes committed against the crown. Encounters with escaped slaves, slave hunters, outlaws, and natives are all experience Jacky style. She manages to escape alive from each and once again gains the loyalty of the people who...more
This book follows Jacky down the Mississippi as she continues to evade capture by British forces who are charged to bring her back to England for crimes committed against the crown. Encounters with escaped slaves, slave hunters, outlaws, and natives are all experience Jacky style. She manages to escape alive from each and once again gains the loyalty of the people who...more
(Original review: http://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2009/04/...)
More delightful “Bloody Jack” adventures of Jacky Faber, London street urchin turned adventurous young lady. In this case, she’s fleeing the Brits on a keel boat going down the Mississippi, which she’s “purchased” from the legendary Mike Fink and populated with the good friends she always manages to gather up. Throw in a (too healthy) dollop of farce regarding her pursuing fiance, and adventures both uproarious and terrifying, while stir...more
More delightful “Bloody Jack” adventures of Jacky Faber, London street urchin turned adventurous young lady. In this case, she’s fleeing the Brits on a keel boat going down the Mississippi, which she’s “purchased” from the legendary Mike Fink and populated with the good friends she always manages to gather up. Throw in a (too healthy) dollop of farce regarding her pursuing fiance, and adventures both uproarious and terrifying, while stir...more
I've really been enjoying the Jacky Faber series, picking up one book right after another, but now, at book 5 in the series, I find an intresting trend. At every book, I roll my eyes a little more often, I can predict the trouble Jacky will get into LONG before it actually happens and, I swear, the whole Jacky/Jaimy thing is so drawn out, I'm not even rooting for them to get together anymore. I'm taking a break for a while. I love Jacky as a character, I just think she's starting to repeat the s...more
As with every book in the Bloody Jack series, Mississippi Jack was fabulous! It was certainly a change from the previous books in the series that focus mainly about life on the sea or the coast. Mississippi Jack highlights the new and largely unsettled area of the American West during 1806! Focusing on river life, Jackie learns how to adapt her 'sea-faring' life to become the 'Belle of the American West". As with all the books in the series, it is full of adventure, sexual tension, battles, achi...more
Jacky's up to her normal self, again running into some important figures from history as she makes her way across what there is of the United States and down the Mississippi. Watching her get in and out of scrapes with the help of her friends is as exciting as the other books. Funny in spots, and definitely a little more grown-up than the first books of the series (though even those didn't shy away from some problems).
We also get to see a little more of Jaimy as he tails Jacky. I think he's gro...more
We also get to see a little more of Jaimy as he tails Jacky. I think he's gro...more
Spoilers ahead, read as desired:
When Jacky got off the slave ship she thought she was safe at last, free to be with her love Jaimy. However, those who saved the girls recognized Jacky and want the reward for the price on Jacky's head. Through more cunning skills, Jacky is able to get away and in order to lie low decides to head west with some of her dearest friends. Knowing Jacky though, she can never lay low. As she gains control of a keel boat, she makes her way down the Mississippi River and...more
When Jacky got off the slave ship she thought she was safe at last, free to be with her love Jaimy. However, those who saved the girls recognized Jacky and want the reward for the price on Jacky's head. Through more cunning skills, Jacky is able to get away and in order to lie low decides to head west with some of her dearest friends. Knowing Jacky though, she can never lay low. As she gains control of a keel boat, she makes her way down the Mississippi River and...more
You just can't keep Jacky Faber down... she ended the last book by helping her classmates escape from slavers, killing several members of the crew, and surviving a brutal attack by the captain. After their rescue by a British naval ship, the girls were taken back to Boston, and just as Jacky was preparing to walk off the ship, into the arms of her beloved Jaimy, she's pulled back aboard and placed under arrest for piracy. And yet, even with all that going against her, it's not long into this boo...more
As usual, I love Jacky Faber and accompanying characters, but in this book she is not on her best behavior. There were many great scenes and times that made me laugh out loud. However, in an effort to show the wildness of the wild frontier, Meyer introduces some coarser characters. There is more swearing, stealing, and lawlessness and even Jamie shows his baser nature.
I still recommend the book for Jacky Faber fans, but if swearing is offensive for you, you might need to skim some parts--especia...more
I still recommend the book for Jacky Faber fans, but if swearing is offensive for you, you might need to skim some parts--especia...more
first part of the book is only 3 stars, second half earned 5 stars...so in the middle, we had 4 stars. I hate the movie "Serendipity" becuase it stresses me out, all those near meetings and misses, misunderstandings, etc. Well, that's how this book started. I couldn't even pay attention to the plot advances because I was so stressed out about the Jaimy/Jacky situation. I rarely do this, but I had to skip to the end ot make sure I would be satisfied with the ending (I was) so then I could read it...more
The plot in this one is a little outrageous but there's a whole new string of fun characters. The close encounters with Mister Fletcher are getting harder and harder to handle but there's some violence that took me a little by surprise a few times and kept things interesting. I liked that this one had a lot of added chapters from Jaimy's perspective and I kind of feel bad that in the beginning I was almost rooting for Clementine to win. As always one of the better audiobooks out there though she...more
I think this is my favorite of the series since the first one! The reader does SUCH a great job on these that I can't even imagine reading them instead of listening to them. I think her American West accents are the funnniest yet and since this book is set on the Mississippi, everyone sounds hilarious. The stories are comepletely far fetched but if you can suspend your beleif in reality and just enjoy the characters and the story, they are well worth it. Jacky gets better and better she really f...more
I have to admit that I will remember this summer by this series of books. I am thoroughly enjoying Bloody Jack. She makes me laugh and cry. I'm always amazed at what perils she falls into. At the first of this book we think that she is going back to England to stand trial, but instead she escapes and goes West. She ends up the captain of a river boat and floats down the Mississippi. I laughed out loud when she was about to be captured by three people who wanted her dead at once. It was also for...more
Every now and then, I feel the need to sink into a Jacky Faber novel as I would a warm bath. The pleasures are many: Jacky's cheeky voice; the author playing with us by putting her in increasingly perilous situations and then, as we knew he would, getting her out of them; the perpetually just-missing each other romance with Jaimy and the abundance of rollicking historical action. This is the fifth book in the series and, while we may wonder slightly how so much can happen to one person in so sho...more
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Louis A. Meyer is best known as the author of the Bloody Jack novels. He is also a painter and the author of two children's picture books, and he and his wife own an art gallery called Clair de Loon in Bar Harbor.
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