The Humpherys Family

Penrod and Sam
Record Added: 11/27/2015
Author 
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Series Junior Deluxe Editions
Setting United States
Topic Friends
Publisher Doubleday Publishers
Year 1954
Age 9-12   Pages 230
Description Gray binding, yellow spine
  
A wonderful classic and a prime example of literature in the early 19th century. It's told in a series of episodes from 1913 that center around two twelve year old boys and the mores of small-town America at a time when homes still had carriage houses in the back -- but no carriages or horses.

The author explores the bumptious rambles of a youth named Penrod, accompanied by his loyal yet aging dog Duke, his best friend Sam Williams, and two African Americans across the alley, Herman and Verman. A charming and hilarious classic of small town boy's life in pre-World War I in America and a must for any serious bookworm.
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