Author: Joel Harding
Publisher: Joel Everett Harding
ISBN: 061572549X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 341
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In this remarkable and moving memoir the author relates the startling boyhood he spent traveling across 1950s America with his restless parents before interstate highways were invented, bumping into reality at every turn. It abounds in adventure and nostalgia as though Tom Sawyer and Kevin Arnold of "The Wonder Years" were combined in one boy leaving a trail of shenanigans from coast to coast. His encounters with strange landscapes, curious people, and dubious caretakers dangle lessons in life for his taking, and sometimes leaving. When his parents abandon him on a lonely highway at six years old, however, trust in others suffers. As he struggles to make sense of it other events accumulate, sometimes humorous, heartwarming, even harrowing, and a growing sense of unease mounts with increasing turbulence that infects and threatens the family. When calm eventually seems to be restored he learns his whole childhood was a deception and a startling new reality sweeps him toward the edge of an emotional chasm of discontent that threatens to swallow and imprison him forever. He realizes he must find a hidden door to his future before he is finally thrust unprepared to face the world as an adult, where the only road remaining open points towards a wasted life ahead. "Vagabond Boy" is a true story of resilience and perseverance by a boy discovering himself and the difficult world he encountered. Yet the work also offers a deeper inspirational message for today's readers who struggle with their past in an ambiguous and fragmented culture, precisely where most of us still live today.
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Author: Roel van den Oever
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137295082
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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In postwar America, the discourse of Momism advanced the idea that an over-affectionate or too-distant mother hampers the social and psychosexual development of her children, in particular her sons. Deemed worst of all was the outcome of homosexuality, since the period saw an intense policing of sexual deviance. van den Oever zooms in on four instances of the cultural representation of Momism: The Grotto, by Grace Zaring Stone, Suddenly Last Summer, by Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth, to offer new commentary on canonical texts, a particular moment in American culture, and future reading strategies.
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Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Author: William James Linton
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
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Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 837
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Reading experts all agree that boys need to be allowed to pick the books that really interest them. Finding the right book is the key to transforming a kid who says they don’t like to read into a self-described “reader.” Here are the books the kids raved about because they had the perfect combination of suspense, action, and character drama, plus storylines so engaging they didn’t want to put them down. These aren’t just good books, they’re the absolute best books to captivate, thrill and intrigue your boys. Even boys who don’t like to read. They’d just rather be doing something rather than reading – like throwing a baseball or watching hockey game. But whether you’re 12 or 62, grab this book and head out to the treehouse. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Hound Of The Baskerville by A. Conan Doyle The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne White Fang by Jack London The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3967994597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:Adventurous Boys Two of our boys came from Mark Twain's imagination. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn show the adventures boys growing up along the Mississippi River. We crossed the ocean to find Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The tone is a little darker, after all London in the mid-19th century was not a friendly place for an orphan boy to grow up. These are three classics of the English language, with several adaptations for cinema and other media. Join these boys and relive your own childhood and feed the fearless child inside you. This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Author: William Graham Sumner
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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