Authors Note

A French maiden named Adrienne DuMont disguises herself as a cabin boy In order to follow her beloved across the ocean.

Based on a beloved folk tale from the American South. When a French peasant named Adrienne DuMont discovers that her beloved, a noble man named Jacques Chavet, has been given a charter to explore the new world, she disguises herself as a cabin boy named Jean and stows away on his ship. On this voyage she gains her famous moniker Petite Jean along with a mysterious and dire foe.