Peleg Wadsworth epub A Story About a Little Good Boy: How He Became a Great Man and Had Little Good Boys of His Own (Classic Reprint)

Ninety-six years ago this story was written in the city of Philadelphia for some little boys in Portland, Maine. The story is awtobiographicaL Through its tjnconscioos revelation we learn how Peleg Wadsworth, its writer, grew up to be a man of heart and courage and charming personality. In the story, we know him more particularly as the Little Good Boys, devoted and admonishing Papa. In his private history, we know him as a graduate of Harvard College, a soldier of the Revolution, a member of Congress, and an honored and beloved citizen of Portland, where he built a house, spoken of at the present time as the Wadsworth-L ongfellow House, whose rooms, the favorite shrine to-day of pilgrims passing through the town, are filled with treasures of a bygone age, and overflow with dear memories and old associations.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org