Penrod

Author: Booth Tarkington, Jonathan Yardley
Category: Fiction/Literature
ISBN: 9780143104858
Format : Paperback
Publisher : Penguin Group USA

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A timeless novel in the spirited tradition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn One of the most popular American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkington was acclaimed for his novels set in small Midwestern towns. Penrod tells of a boy growing up in Indianapolis at the turn of the twentieth century. His friends and his dog accompany him on his many jaunts, from the stage as athe Child Sir Lancelot, a to the playground, to school. They make names for themselves as abad boysa who always have the most fun. Nearly a century after it was first published to incredible popularity and acclaim, Penrod remains wildly funny and entertaining to adults and children alike.

Penrod ( ISBN 9780143104858 )

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A timeless novel in the spirited tradition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer andHuckleberry Finn One of the most popular American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkington was acclaimed for his novels set in small Midwestern towns. Penrod tells of a boy growing up in Indianapolis at the turn of the twentieth century. His friends and his dog accompany him on his many jaunts, from the stage as "the Child Sir Lancelot, to the playground, to school. They make names for themselves as "bad boys who always have the most fun. Nearly a century after it was first published to incredible popularity and acclaim, Penrod remains wildly funny and entertaining to adults and children alike. About the Author:Booth Tarkington (18691946), born in Indianapolis, is best known for the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Magnificent Ambersons. Jonathan Yardley is a book critic and columnist for the Washington Post. He has written six books and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism.

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