Adventure

Mississippi Jack
L. A. Meyer

Miss Jacky Faber and the Lawson Peabody girls have just returned to the states from their long confinement on the vile slaver Bloodhound. They are welcomed with great cheers and applause from their families and yes even their sweethearts. However as soon as Jacky steps onto the gangway she is stopped and arrested for piracy. Suddenly chaos erupts on the docks arrows are flying as well as curses and several disgusting animal parts. But the great Jacky Faber is thrown into the brig, but not after the noble James Emerson Fletcher tries to rescue her but is himself pressed into the service. As they set off they are stopped by a troop of British Red Coats (which are secretly Jacky's friends in disguise) they rescue her and Jacky makes her escape to the wild Mississippi and down to New Orleans. on the way down she meets up with some very colorful river folk including a large and usually very drunk Mike Fink, the king of the river, a band of pirates nestled in Cave in Rock, and many different tribes of Indians.

This is my favorite book of the series, I have read this book many many times and it is still a great read. My favorite part of the book is when Jacky meets Mike Fink for the first time because he dances around and shouts out about how great he is. I would recommend this book to teens and adults who like a little bit of history mixed into their fiction and who like good all out brawls.