The Story of a Bad Boy (Paperback)

The discreet shenanigans of T.B. Aldrich as a sprout will have, we guess, an ageless appeal, and here is a fine new edition, delightfully, humorously illustrated in wispy sketches by the American painter, Reginald Marsh. Perhaps it is the author's air of gleeful wickedness with which he relates nineteenth-century naughtiness, or the successful assumption of small boy ?? but this beloved story should always find a place among literature's "real boy" stories from Huckleberry Finn to Home Price. An excellent item for Christmas gifts. (Kirkus Reviews)

In 1869 Thomas Bailey Aldrich introduced to American literature the original "bad boy"--that all-American boy who plays harmless pranks, devises exciting adventures, has an occasional bout of love-sickness, is bored on Sundays, and is well-liked by almost everyone. Later followed by Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Story of a Bad Boy--once called the first truly American novel--is Aldrich's partially autobiographical tale of growing up in America. Set in Rivermouth (based on Aldrich's childhood home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire), it follows the exploits of young Tom Bailey through snowball wars, schoolyard fights, Fourth of July parades, adventures at sea, and childhood sweathearts. Now printed in more than fifty editions and read and beloved by Americans for over a century, Aldrich's classic is ready to be rediscovered by a new generation of readers.

General

Imprint:	University Press of New England
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1996
First published:	July 1996
Contributors:	David Watters
Illustrators:	A.B. Frost
Authors:	Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 1mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	314
ISBN-13:	978-0-87451-794-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-87451-794-X
Barcode:	9780874517941

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