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A series of nostalgic sketches and anecdotes portrays a boy’s small-town adventures and rites of passage. Episodes include neighborhood baseball matches, schoolroom scenes, friendships, circus visits, running away, fishing and swimming outings, picnic gatherings, and early infatuations. Each piece highlights practical detail—uniforms, games, tools—and the social dynamics of teams and chums, blending humor with gentle sentiment. Accompanied by illustrations, the writing adopts an accessible, conversational voice that emphasizes camaraderie, mischief, and the formative, everyday moments of growing up.

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Title: When You Were a Boy

Author: Edwin L. Sabin

Illustrator: Frederic Dorr Steele

Release date: October 25, 2018 [eBook #58165]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by ellinora, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online
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WHEN YOU WERE A BOY



WHEN YOU
WERE A BOY
BY
EDWIN L. SABIN
WITH PICTURES BY
FREDERIC DORR STEELE


New York
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY
33-37 East 17th Street, Union Square (North)

Copyright, 1905, by The Baker & Taylor Company

Published October, 1905
The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

For permission to republish the following
sketches the author is gratefully indebted
to the Century Magazine, the Saturday Evening
Post, Everybody’s Magazine, and the National
Magazine.