When 14-year-old Tom's family immigrates to Boston from England in 1804, Tom goes to a merchant ship as an apprentice sailor. A British frigate impresses sailors from the ship, however, making the small, young, blond, handsome Tom a cabin boy on the brig HMS "Raven," the duties of which include opening his thighs for the ship's officers and sailors. They change his name to Jamie and sail to the Barbary Coast, where Jamie, going on shore leave in Tripoli is taken into a male brothel
1947; a girl's dismembered body was found, placed by the roadside as though she had simply lay down there, her body halved. The police allowed the evidence to be compromised by the hacks who trampled over everything and the murderers were never caught; not by the police anyway. This is the story of what I like to think happened; vengeful women carry out their own investigations and bring those guilty to a justice of their own, one weak link gives up the others; retribution is divinely served.
Robbie, 17, has been dropped by his date at the theater. He goes to his favorite diner, where he meets Helen, 21, a fascinating woman who proves a delightful dancer after she feeds nickels to the jukebox.
A Historical-Firsts Story (1) Anne had waited almost two years for this wedding. Now she would be married to John Evans and mistress of the finest plantation in hte county. But was she ready for the obligations marriage entailed?