Penrod and Sam

By Booth Tarkington

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253215943
• ISBN13: 9780253215949
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher