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Being a Boy

Charles Dudley Warner

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Being a Boy | Charles Dudley Warner

Being a Boy

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Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts.
st, head and tail drooping, clumsy hoofs kicking up clouds of dust, while the good deacon sat jerking the reins, in an automatic way, and the "womenfolks" patiently saw the dust settle upon their best summer finery. Wagon after wagon went along the sandy road, and when our boy's family started, they became part of a long procession, which sent up a mile of dust and a pungent, if not pious smell of buffalo-robes. There were fiery horses in the trail which had to be held in, for it was neither etiquette nor decent to pass anybody on Sunday. It was a great delight to the farmer-boy to see all this procession of horses, and to exchange sly winks with the other boys, who leaned over the wagon-seats for that purpose. Occasionally a boy rode behind, with his back to the family, and his pantomime was always some thing wonderful to see, and was considered very daring and wicked.

The meeting-house which our boy remembers was a high, square building, without a steeple. Within it had a lofty pulpit, with doors underneath and closets where sacred things were kept, and where the tithing-men were supposed to imprison bad boys. The pews were square, with seats facing each other, those on one side low for the children, and all with hinges, so that they could be raised when the congregation stood up for prayers and leaned over the backs of the pews, as horses meet each other across a pasture fence. After prayers these seats used to be slammed down with a long-continued clatter, which seemed to the boys about the best part of the exercises. The galleries were very high, and the singers' seats, where the pretty girls sat, were the most conspicuous of all. To sit in the gallery away from the family, was a privilege not often granted to the boy. The tithing-man, who carried a long rod and kept order in the house, and out-doors at noontime, sat in the gallery, and visited any boy who whispered or found curious passages in the Bible and showed them to

Glen 07/31/2019
One wonders what a boy in our present era would include in a book about his boyhood. And if he did manage to have such a book published, would it be of interest to anyone? Relatively few grow up on farms today. Most grow up in cities or suburbs. Even schools in the small towns emphasize skill in tec
J. 12/26/2015
Semi-autobiographical story of Charles Dudley Warner's boyhood in 1830s rural Massachusetts.

An interesting look at childhood back then, lots of bits that inspired me to search the internet for further details, "yes! that's how it is!" moments, funny passages... and then, towards the end, it soured.
Phillip 12/11/2012
This follows "John", a young farm boy growing up in 19th century New England. The author gives an account of him to portray the adventuresome, curious, imaginative, and sometimes cruel nature in almost every boy. I especially liked reading about the events which display the powers of a young boy's i
Shawn 02/07/2011
This really show how boys think and give a sense of understanding that it is in his true nature to do so .

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