All-American Boy

by Larzer Ziff

From his celebrated appearance, hatchet in hand, in Parson Mason Locke Weems's Life of Washington to Booth Tarkington's Penrod, the all-American boy was an iconic figure in American literature for well over a century. Sometimes he was a "good boy," whose dutiful behavior was intended as a model for real boys to emulate. Other times, he was a "bad boy," whose mischievous escapades could be excused either as youthful exuberance that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292738927
• ISBN13: 9780292738928
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.1"