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Originally Posted by Blossom
So here's what I have to ask. If 20 was underage? Could a Guy get in trouble for taking her across state lines? That just baffles me. The hero in the book is upset because he just took the heroine in his boat from LA to MS thinking she was a boy but finding out she was a underage girl of 20.
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I'd suspect that even then, "underage" would be closer to under 18 (although some adult rights were tied to 21, then).
It's more likely he'd be upset that it was an unmarried girl (and many were much slighter in size than today, so passing for a teen boy might be a bit easier); it would not be at all unusual for a mid-teen boy to be on his own at that time (or even much later in time), but not usual at all for any unmarried female (esp. under 30).