Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 107 Warner, Charles Dudley 1829 1900 Being a Boy Produced by David Widger "Being a Boy" by Charles Dudley Warner is a reflective narrative richly focused on the experiences and joys of boyhood, likely written during the late 19th century. The text presents the nostalgic and humorous accounts of farm life, illustrating the simple pleasures and unique challenges faced by boys as they navigate childhood—an era filled with curiosity, chores, and playful adventures. The opening of the work sets a charming tone as it introduces the main ideas around being a boy in pastoral New England. Warner opens by claiming that the best thing in the world is to be a boy, valuing the freedom it entails even amidst the responsibilities of farm chores. The narration draws the reader into scenes of youthful exuberance, such as driving oxen and interacting with farm animals, and reflects candidly on the often humorous complexities of farm life like teaching cows Latin. The early chapters vividly depict the daily chores and distractions that occupy a boy's time, establishing a foundation for exploring both the virtues and follies of youth in the subsequent stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Autobiographies Country life Boys -- Biography New England CT PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 246164 246362 2024-10-02T06:16:07.462461 2023-10-02T05:57:58.161521 text/html text/html 243377 2021-01-27T10:43:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 6800757 2021-01-27T10:43:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3687736 2024-10-02T06:16:13.180434 application/epub+zip 3677624 2024-10-02T06:16:08.496473 application/epub+zip 158331 2024-10-02T06:16:07.820476 application/epub+zip 3736918 2024-10-02T06:16:17.214475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3704201 2024-10-02T06:16:11.677457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208863 2022-09-02T07:39:01.340297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208380 208373 2024-10-02T06:16:06.985468 2023-10-02T05:57:57.809503 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 208351 2021-01-08T16:41:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 81431 2021-01-08T16:41:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20294 2024-10-02T06:16:17.366409 application/rdf+xml 14916 2024-10-02T06:16:07.928463 image/jpeg 2855 2024-10-02T06:16:07.874460 image/jpeg 3600517 2024-10-02T06:16:07.573501 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia