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Description edit
“I only know one man who might be able to tell me where I come from, and that man is a liar and a fraud.”
As far back as he can remember, the orphan Grady has tramped from village to village in the company of a huckster named Floyd. With his adolescent accomplice, Floyd perpetrates... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Floyd Wendellson: A man of many trades that involve tricking people out of their money.
- Short Fronie: A woman who runs a public house with card-playing and drinks.
- Grady: The main character and narrator.
- Wiley: A drover.
- Ten-finger Walter: One-time phrenologist and a card player.
- Barbary: Grady's friend.
- Cullum: Add a description of this character.
- Clarence
- Oolie
- Chuck
- Hazel
- Tebo
- Orris
- Melvern: The Ugliest Boy in the World
- Crowder
- Osbern
- Grado: Grady's fake feechie name.
- Perfesser
- Osbem
- Tambluff
- Berk
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I don't remember one thing about the day I was born
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1: In which I jump out of a box and play the Wild Man of the Feechiefen Swamp
Chapter 2: In which we get out of the feechie trade and I begin my formal education
Chapter 3: In which I take up a new trade and get flabbergasted
Chapter 4: In which I find a mama
Chapter 5: In which Floyd and me take up phrenology
Chapter 6: In which I ruin a feller's hairdo and nearbout get smashed for it
Chapter 7: In which we leave a hundred villages wanting more and Floyd hits on the biggest scheme yet
Chapter 8: In which we build a roaring machine
Chapter 9: In which we surprise some cattle drovers
Chapter 10: In which a singing dog causes a fistfight
Chapter 11: In which we meet the Blossom of Bonifay, the Chalkboard Bully, and the world's most beautiful eighty-two-year-old
Chapter 12: In which I cause a whole new rumpus at the stock market
Chapter 13: In which I tell the truth and hear it
Chapter 14: In which we commence terrorizing the populace
Chapter 15: In which I get mistaken for a panther
Chapter 16: In which I introduce a new invention
Chapter 17: In which I hear the bark of the bog owl and get mixed up with the Ugliest Boy in the World
Chapter 18: In which someone beats us to it and is sorry
Chapter 19: In which I lead a cattle raid and ride a bull
Chapter 20: In which we quit feeding the feechie scare, and the feechie scare starts feeding us
Chapter 21: In which I play the defeated captive
Chapter 22: In which we meet our match
Chapter 23: In which I aint the cause of the ruckus
Chapter 24: In which I find out some things I didn't know
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jonathan Rogers (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 2010
ISBN: 9780307458223
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 2010
ISBN: 9780307458223
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Christy Award (2011: Young Adult, Finalist)
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