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PENROD AND SAM
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| By: |
David J. Nordloh, Booth Tarkington |
| Format: |
Book |
| List price:
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253215943 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253215949 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 May, 2003 |
| Series: |
Library of Indiana Classics |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Penrod Schofield's sidekick is Samuel Williams, and together they improvise, causing general mischief and disorder wherever they go. In picaresque fashion, a fencing battle takes them all through the neighborhood. This book features adventures of Tarkington's imaginative and obstreperous 10-year-old Penrod. |
| Synopsis: |
In Penrod and Sam, the imaginative adventures of Tarkington's 10-year-old Penrod Schofield continue. Penrod's sidekick is Samuel Williams, and together they improvise, causing general mischief and disorder wherever they go. In picaresque fashion, a fencing battle takes them all through the neighborhood; they narrowly escape serious injury while making boastful demonstrations with a loaded gun; they indulge in dubious "'nishiation" practices for their secret society; they steal food for the starving horse concealed in the Schofields' empty stable; they attempt to fish a cat out of a cistern using a pair of trousers; and they cause general chaos at Miss Amy Rennsdale's dance. Familiar characters from the earlier Penrod volume-Maurice Levy, Georgie Basset, Roddy Bitts, Herman and Verman, and Marjorie Jones-make their appearance in Penrod and Sam. This is a delightfully nostalgic look at Tarkington's turn-of-the-century Indiana. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |