One of the Aimwell Stories for boys, the book follows Clinton at home in the country and the city boys Jerry and Oscar, whose idleness leads one of them into theft, a magistrate’s examination and a reformatory. The author sets out plainly to teach obedience, industry and the courage to say no, through quiet scenes of farm and family life.
A characteristic piece of mid-nineteenth-century American moral fiction for boys. Download the free EPUB.