Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 91 Peck, George W. (George Wilbur) 1840 1916 Peck, George Wilbur Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Text file produced by Ralph Zimmerman, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Illustrated HTML file produced by David Widger "Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys" by George W. Peck is a humorous novel written during the early 20th century. The book recounts the adventurous and comical escapades of a spirited boy named Hennery and his bumbling father, known as Pa, as they navigate the Wild West. Filled with amusing incidents, encounters with cowboys and Indians, and Pa's misguided attempts at heroism, the narrative offers a lighthearted take on frontier life and the challenges faced by these characters. The opening of the book sets the stage for Pa's enthusiasm over an opportunity to engage in wild west showmanship following a commission from circus managers. As they embark on their journey westward, their misadventures begin when they hire a colorful cast of characters, including a native Indian interpreter and a reformed cowboy, to guide them. Pa's aspirations of becoming as famous as Buffalo Bill lead to a series of humorous missteps, including an encounter with a grizzly bear and a humorous misunderstanding involving a salt pickup with buffalo calves. These comedic situations hint at a larger theme of the clumsy realities of trying to play hero in an environment meant for the ruggedly skilled. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Wit and humor, Juvenile Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction Cowboys -- Juvenile fiction Train robberies -- Juvenile fiction Ransom -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 248233 2024-10-03T08:06:09.075017 2023-10-03T07:36:24.296072 text/html text/html 245555 2021-01-28T09:44:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 7544765 2021-01-28T09:44:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 7247023 2024-10-03T08:06:16.009021 application/epub+zip 7232727 2024-10-03T08:06:10.411995 application/epub+zip 141646 2024-10-03T08:06:09.539975 application/epub+zip 7285034 2024-10-03T08:06:20.742944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7247997 2024-10-03T08:06:14.087957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188098 2022-09-03T10:35:09.952858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208321 208165 2024-10-03T08:06:08.505012 2023-10-03T07:36:23.854064 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 208057 2018-02-22T11:52:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 77499 2018-03-20T14:02:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 22926 2024-10-03T08:06:20.925911 application/rdf+xml 6609 2024-10-03T08:06:09.646006 image/jpeg 1612 2024-10-03T08:06:09.591988 image/jpeg 6959283 2024-10-03T08:06:09.261995 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia