Set in the same Ohio river town as Howells’s own boyhood memoir, this story follows Pony Baker, a timid boy with a loving mother and a head full of plans to run away. Between swimming holes, bee-stung dogs, scheming friends and the tempting arrival of a circus, the question is whether Pony will ever actually go.
The dean of American realism turns his eye to childhood, writing with gentle humour about the dreams and cowardice of real boys. Download the free EPUB.