Peck's bad boy abroad : $b Being a humorous description of the bad boy and his dad in their journeys through foreign lands: 1904Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
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Peck's bad boy abroad : $b Being a humorous description of the bad boy and his dad in their journeys through foreign lands: 1904
Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
American wit and humor; Boys -- Fiction; Practical jokes -- Fiction; Voyages and travels -- Fiction
Produced by David Widger
PECK'S BAD BOY ABROAD
By Hon. Geo. W. Peck
Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their
Journeys 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.
Profusely Illustrated by D. S. Groesbeck And R. W. Taylor
THOMPSON & THOMAS - 1904
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
The Bad Boy and His Chum Call on the Old Groceryman After Being Away at
School--The Bad Boy's Dad in a Bad Way
CHAPTER II.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Ready for Their Travels--The Bad Boy Labels the
Old Man's Suit Case--How the Cowboys Made Him Dance Once
CHAPTER III.
The Bad Boy Writes About the Fun They Had Going to Washington--He
and His Dad Call on President Roosevelt--The Bad Boy Meets One of the
Children and They Disagree
CHAPTER IV.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Visit Mount Vernon--Dad Weeps at the Grave of
the Father of Our Country
CHAPTER V.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Have Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria--The Bad Boy
Orders Dinner--The Old Man Gets Stuck--Tries to Rescue a Countess in
Distress
CHAPTER VI.
The Bad Boy Writes the Old Groceryman About Ocean Voyages--His Dad Has
an Argument Over a Steamer Chair.
CHAPTER VII.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Eat Fog--Call on Astor--A Dynamite Outrage
CHAPTER VIII.
The Bad Boy Writes About the Craze for Gin in the White-chapel
District--He Gives His Dad a Scare in the Tower of London
CHAPTER IX.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Call on King Edward and Almost Settle the Irish
Question
CHAPTER X.
The Bad Boy Writes of Ancient and Modern Highwaymen--¦ They Get a Taste
of High Life in London and Dad Tells the Story of the Picklemaker's
Daughter
CHAPTER XI.
The Bad Boy Writes About Paris--Tells About the Trip Across the English
Channel--Dad Feeds a Dog and Gets Arrested
CHAPTER XII.
The Bad Boy's Second Letter from Paris--Dad Poses as a Mormon Bishop
and Has to Be Rescued--They Climb the Eiffel Tower and the Old Man Gets
Converted
CHAPTER XIII.
The Bad Boy's Dad and a Man from Dakota Frame Up a Scheme to Break the
Bank, But They Go Broke--The Party in Trouble
CHAPTER XIV.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Have an Automobile Ride--They Run Over a
Peasant--Climb “Glaziers”--Dad Falls Over a Precipice, But Is Rescued by
the Guides After a Hard Time of It
CHAPTER XV.
Dad Plays He Is an Anarchist--They Give Alms to the Beggars and the Bad
Boy Ducks a Gondolier and His Dad in the Grand Canal
CHAPTER XVI.
The Bad Boy Writes from Naples--Dad Sees Vesuvius and Calls the Servants
to Put Out the Fire--They Have Trouble with a “Dago” in Pompeii
CHAPTER XVII.
The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb Vesuvius--A Chicago Lady Joins the Party
and Causes Trouble
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Bad Boy Makes Friends with Some Italian Children--Dad is Chased by
Lions from the Coliseum--” Not Any More Rome for Papa,” says Dad
CHAPTER XIX.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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