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Boys of Other Countries

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By Bayard Taylor
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The author relates travel vignettes centered on encounters with boys and youths in different lands, combining personal anecdotes, local color, and observations of work, customs, and resilience. Episodes range from a winter mail-run in northern Sweden to rural scenes in Iceland and continental settings, and include reflections on animal behavior and an account of a lawless district in southern California. Each chapter pairs narrative incident with cultural detail, emphasizing youthful responsibility, domestic life, and the varieties of upbringing shaped by climate and social conditions.

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Title: Boys of Other Countries

Author: Bayard Taylor

Illustrator: Frederick Simpson Coburn

John Parker Davis

Release date: December 14, 2020 [eBook #64047]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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BOYS OF OTHER COUNTRIES

BY
BAYARD TAYLOR
ENLARGED EDITION, INCLUDING
THE ROBBER REGION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ILLUSTRATED
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
Copyright, 1876, by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Copyright, 1901, by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Copyright, 1904, by Marie Taylor
In renewal of copyright originally registered in 1876
Copyright, 1912, by
MARIE TAYLOR
Made in the United States of America