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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa" (1883) by George W. Peck. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
'Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa' is a juvenile fiction written by George W. Peck. The story unfolds with a young man going into a store, limping and looking discouraged. The store owner asks him what's wrong, and the young man explains that he played a joke on his father and has been limping ever since. He explains that he wrote a note in a fine hand and signed it "Daisy," asking his father to meet him on a street corner at 7:30pm. His father, dressed up, went to all four corners trying to find the person named Daisy. When he found out that he was being pranked, he became outraged at his son's actions.
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Great classic for teenagers. Easy to read for all ages. This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time.
The Peck's, father and son, travel with the circus.
Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journays Through Foreign Lands, Their Visits to Crowned Heads, the Manners and Customs of the People, and the Bad Boy's Never Ending Efforts to Provide Fun no Matter where He Is.
George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) was an American writer and politician who served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin. Peck was born in Henderson, New York, in 1840 and moved to Wisconsin as a toddler in 1843. In Wisconsin, he was a newspaper publisher who founded newspapers in Ripon and La Crosse. His La Crosse newspaper, The Sun, was founded in 1874. In 1878 Peck moved the newspaper to Milwaukee and renamed it Peck's Sun. The weekly newspaper contained humorous writings of Peck's including his famous Peck's Bad Boy stories. His works include: Adventures of One Terence McGrant (1871), Peck's Sunshine (1882), Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa (1883), The Grocery Man and Peck's Bad Boy (1883), Mirth for the Million (1883), Peck's Compendium of Fun (1886), How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion (1887), Peck's Bad Boy Abroad (1905), Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1906) and Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys (1907).