02646cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000510011324500160016426400510018030000470023133600260027833700260030433800360033050000310036650802100039752012560060753400620186365300290192565300320195465300310198665300330201765300630205070000410211385600560215485600430221099900190225376172UtSlPG20260610134749.0mcr n260607r20251896utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aWheelwright, John T.q(John Tyler),d1856-192512aA bad penny 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-05-28  aSusan E., David E. Brown, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"A bad penny" by John T. Wheelwright is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in an early 19th-century New England seaport, it follows Captain John Woodbury, his restless son James who longs for the sea, and the family upheaval sparked by the return of the disgraced, presumed-dead uncle, Thomas Cheever. The story blends maritime life, small-town politics, and moral tension as reputation, inheritance, and a boy’s future collide.  The opening of the novel paints Oldbury’s genteel world and Woodbury’s sturdy new house, then plunges into conflict: James balks at being groomed for the ministry while his father insists on college. At a tense family tea, a stuttering stranger from a Havana schooner proves to be Cheever, who recounts years of misery, demands his share of the estate, and slips away, leaving James to secretly deliver a ring and plea for forgiveness to Widow Pickering. Meanwhile, the canny Deacon Fairbanks deduces Cheever’s return, summons the constable, and delays a bank loan that Woodbury seeks to hasten the man’s departure. Warned by Alice Fairbanks of the impending arrest, James rushes to the harbor and boards the schooner to caution his uncle as night falls. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: L. C. Page & Company, 1896  aBoys -- Juvenile fiction  aSailors -- Juvenile fiction  aUncles -- Juvenile fiction  aFamilies -- Juvenile fiction  aNew England -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction1 aAttwood, Francis Gilbert,d1856-19004 uhttps://archive.org/details/badpenny00whee/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76172  c116897d116897