TY - BOOK AU - Peck,George W. TI - Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys AV - PZ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Animals -- Juvenile fiction KW - Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction KW - Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction KW - Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction KW - Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction KW - Wit and humor, Juvenile KW - Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction KW - Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction KW - Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction KW - Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction KW - Cowboys -- Juvenile fiction KW - Train robberies -- Juvenile fiction KW - Ransom -- Juvenile fiction N1 - Release date is 2004-07-01; Text file produced by Ralph Zimmerman, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Illustrated HTML file produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys" by George W. Peck is a humorous novel written during the early 20th century. The book recounts the adventurous and comical escapades of a spirited boy named Hennery and his bumbling father, known as Pa, as they navigate the Wild West. Filled with amusing incidents, encounters with cowboys and Indians, and Pa's misguided attempts at heroism, the narrative offers a lighthearted take on frontier life and the challenges faced by these characters. The opening of the book sets the stage for Pa's enthusiasm over an opportunity to engage in wild west showmanship following a commission from circus managers. As they embark on their journey westward, their misadventures begin when they hire a colorful cast of characters, including a native Indian interpreter and a reformed cowboy, to guide them. Pa's aspirations of becoming as famous as Buffalo Bill lead to a series of humorous missteps, including an encounter with a grizzly bear and a humorous misunderstanding involving a salt pickup with buffalo calves. These comedic situations hint at a larger theme of the clumsy realities of trying to play hero in an environment meant for the ruggedly skilled. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6141 ER -