Being A Boy - Dudley Warner, Charles

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Résumé :
A boy's world, and a mirror held up to a nation. Being A Boy invites readers to wander through late nineteenth-century America with curiosity, humour, and humanity-the kind of quiet revelation that feels timeless. This complete public domain edition revisits an American juvenile classic in fresh, thoughtful cloth. The book crafts a vivid portrait of boyhood experiences and childhood education themes, all filtered through sharp social manners satire and a voice that nods to mark twain style without imitation. It's more than a school reading list staple...

Biographie:
Charles Dudley Warner was an American author and friend of Mark Twain. He was born September 12, 1829, and died October 20, 1900. Warner wrote essays and novels and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today with Twain. Warner was raised by Puritans and was born in Plainfield, Massachusetts. He lived in Charlemont, Massachusetts, from the age of six to fourteen. He wrote about this time and place in his book Being a Boy (1877). Following that, he went to Cazenovia, New York. In 1851, he graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He worked as a surveyor in Missouri and then went to the University of Pennsylvania to study law. From 1856 to 1860, he worked as a lawyer in Chicago. In 1860, he went to Connecticut to become an assistant editor at The Hartford Press. He became editor of the paper in 1861 and stayed in that job until 1867, when it joined with another paper to become The Hartford Courant. At that time, he became co-editor with Joseph R. Hawley. As of 1892, he was in charge of The Editor's Study at Harper's Magazine, where he had been in charge of The Editor's Drawer since 1884....

Sommaire:
it's a window into how public life, family, and ambition shaped boys coming of age in Victorian era America. Warner's humane sketches and social observations have lasting literary and historical significance: a benchmark in classic nineteenth century literature and a touchstone for American satire writers. The work links old moral questions to contemporary concerns, making it a bridge between generations of readers and a valued reference for scholars and general readers alike. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today's and future generations. It's not merely a reprint but a collector's item and a cultural treasure-perfect for casual readers drawn to classic narratives and for those cultivating a refined public domain library on topics like late nineteenth century america and victorian era america....