Penrod and Sam

by Tarkington, Booth

• ISBN13: 9780253215949
• ISBN10: 0253215943
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Penrod and Sam	3	(17)
The Bonded Prisoner	20	(14)
The Militarist	34	(9)
Bingism	43	(21)
The In-Or-In	64	(15)
Georgie Becomes a Member	79	(22)
Whitey	101	(8)
Salvage	109	(11)
Reward of Merit	120	(17)
Conscience	137	(12)
The Tonic	149	(15)
Gipsy	164	(10)
Concerning Trousers	174	(14)
Camera Work in the Jungle	188	(14)
A Model Letter to a Friend	202	(16)
Wednesday Madness	218	(14)
Penrod's Busy Day	232	(25)
On Account of the Weather	257	(14)
Creative Art	271	(11)
The Departing Guest	282	(7)
Yearnings	289	(16)
The Horn of Fame	305	(18)
The Party	323	(22)
The Heart of Marjorie Jones	345