When Books Were Fun Episode 007: Three Books About Childhood

from When Books Were Fun · host Al Anderson and Jeff Scott

In which we discuss novels about childhood, Penrod by Booth Tarkington (1914) and The Golden Age and Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame (1895 and 1898) and ponder what aspects of childhood are determined by historical time and place, and what aspects are [email protected] Check out Al’s stories at sonrisestories.com. Jeff’s web site is currently under (re)construction.

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