Penrod's Busy Day

by Booth Tarkington

Overview

Penrod’s Busy Day is just one of a number of comic sketches taken from the book, Penrod, written by Booth Tarkington in 1914.

Each of the sketches illustrates an incident supposedly from the life of Penrod Schofield, an 11-year-old boy living in the Midwestern U.S. world just before WWI.

His ongoing feuds with his older sister, Margaret, will bring a smile to your face and remind you of similar disputes among the members of your own family. Penrod’s attempts to “get even” usually end up not nearly as satisfying as he imagined they would be.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012586162
Publisher:	Jeanne Gibson
Publication date:	05/23/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	707,467
File size:	135 KB

About the Author

Booth Tarkington, 1869-1946, was one of only three novelists who won the Pultzer prize for fiction more than once, but to many of his readers, his short stories, which included the legendary Penrod stories are what drew us to his writing in the first place.

Even though he became blind in his later years, he continued producing his work by dictating to a secretary. Many of his works (including the Penrod stories) have been turned into plays and films.