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Percy Wynn

or, Making a boy of him

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An edition of Percy Wynn (1889)

Percy Wynn

or, Making a boy of him

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When Percy Wynn, the one boy in a pampered family of eleven children, arrives at St. Maure's Catholic boarding school, he, to say the least, is very out of place. He's never fished, ice skated, or even climbed a tree! Tom Playfair and his group of friends soon take him under their wing and soon he's as nearly skilled as the rest of them. But Percy is put to the test when a group of school bullies threaten to manhandle Tom, and when he must defend a drunken man being ridiculed in the prescence of his own son. In the end, Percy's grateful friends humbly declare that though their initial plan was to make a boy of him, they are not half so much boys as Percy himself. Percy, though he gradually aquires an assortment of practical and pleasant boyish accomplishments, remains the same refined, well-mannered little gentleman with a beautiful and innocent soul.

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Benzinger
Language
English
Pages
253

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Percy Wynn
January 2001, Tandem Library
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Percy Wynn: Or Making a Boy of Him
July 2000, Tan Books & Publishers
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Percy Wynn: or, Making a boy of him
1893, Benzinger
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1891, Benziger brothers
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
In which Percy Wynn bows to Thomas Playfair and the reader simultaneously 9
CHAPTER II
In which Percy is cross-examined by Thomas Playfair, and makes some new friends 9
CHAPTER III
In which Percy has a strange midnight adventure 27
CHAPTER IV
In which Peters and Percy hold a very odd conversation 42
CHAPTER V
In which Percy goes a-fishing 49
CHAPTER VI
In which Percy takes his first lessons in swimming and rowing 64
CHAPTER VII
In which Percy, making way for the heavy villains of our story, does not appear 71
CHAPTER VIII
In which Percy makes a desperate resolve 86
CHAPTER IX
In which Percy makes a brave fight against discouragements 93
CHAPTER X
In which Percy rescues Tom and Harry; Tom and Harry rescue Percy; and a third party rescues the trio 99
CHAPTER XI
In which Mr. Middleton finds his lost sheep, both white and black 106
CHAPTER XII
In which Mr. Middleton makes a discovery, and passes a restless night 115
CHAPTER XII
In which are set down the strange adventures of a runaway 125
CHAPTER XIV
In which Percy finds himself on the sick-list 138
CHAPTER XV
"From grave to gay." A serious conversation, followed by a game of foot-ball 148
CHAPTER XVI pace
Id which Mr. Middleton reads a story, tod excites such Interest 176
CHAPTER XVII
In which Percy fells foul of the village youth, and is compelled to "run the gauntlet" 181
CHAPTER XVIII
In which some of our friends find it necessary to fight - also to run 171
CHAPTER XIX
Beginning of the Christmas holidays. Percy is called to the parlor 195
CHAPTER XX
Introduces an extraordinary new-comer to Percy and the reader 197
CHAPTER XXI
In which Frank asks a great many people a great many questions; teaches Percy how to "strike out," and makes a Christmas speech before breakfast 209
CHAPTER XXII
A Merry Christmas to all 223
CHAPTER XXIII
An adventure on the railroad track 230
CHAPTER XXIV
In which Tom meets two young gentlemen whom he is not at all anxious to see 243
CHAPTER XXV
"Farewell Parting is such sweet sorrow!" — Shakespeare. 151

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Father Finn's Famous Three
Other Titles
Making a boy of him.

The Physical Object

Pagination
253 p.
Number of pages
253

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23784834M
Internet Archive
PercyWynn
OCLC/WorldCat
367097209

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