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For generations, the unforgettable characters of Owen Johnson's The Lawrencevelle Stories have been delighting American readers with their antic humor and outrageous behavior. Hungry Smeed, the Uncooked Beefsteak, the Tennessee Shad, Doc Macnooder, the Gutter Pup, and Dink Stover: Johnson has peopled the Lawrenceville School with some of the most lovable adventurers and misadventurerers ever to pass through the gates of a preparatory school -- Publisher.
This volume contains the five (5) novels by american writer Owen Johnson, that make the extraordinary collection The "Lawrenceville Stories" (The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird). The novels, set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co., and have been favorites of countless generations of youngsters. They provide a window into the of a nineteenth century American boarding school, proving beyond doubt that boys will be boys regardless of the era in which they become men. The author, who attended that school, writes masterfully on the subject of male camaraderie and what life was actually like among the young boys. Filled with characters with clever nicknames like, The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, The Hummingbird, Hungry Smeed and countless others, Johnson gives us tales of adventure played out against a backdrop of a sophisticated world long lost. THE NOVELS INCLUDED ARE: The Eternal Boy (The Prodigious Hickey ) The Humming Bird The Tennessee Shad The Varmint Skippy Bedelle
Owen McMahon Johnson (1878-1952) was an American writer best remembered for The "Lawrenceville Stories" -- The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, The Varmint, Skippy Bedelle, and The Hummingbird -- set in the well-known Lawrenceville prep school.
A sequel to "Monster on the Allegheny... and Other Lawrenceville Stories." A collection of historical short stories concerning Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.