| Penrod and Sam Contributor(s): Tarkington, Booth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253342287 ISBN-13: 9780253342287 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: 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. Continues the humorous antics of the obstreperous (and entertaining) Penrod Schofield. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002152286 |
| Series: Library of Indiana Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 5.76" W x 8.62" (1.21 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Indiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |