02434cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000440011324500450015726400510020230000470025333600260030033700260032633800360035250000310038850801830041952012030060253400450180565300350185065300290188565300250191465300330193965300410197270000280201385600430204157165UtSlPG20260610134322.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aKelland, Clarence Budington,d1881-196410aMark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-05-15  aProduced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed
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Internet Archive)  a"Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies" by Clarence Budington Kelland is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the titular character, Mark Tidd, and his friends in the small town of Wicksville as they encounter life, inventions, and unexpected adventures. Central to the narrative is Mark's inventive father, whose turbine project serves as a backdrop for the boys' misadventures and interactions with a diverse cast of characters.  At the start of the novel, we meet the narrator, a boy named "Tallow," who recounts the arrival of the overweight, stuttering Mark Tidd and his family to town. The narrative introduces us to Mark's unique personality, his father's eccentricities, and his mother's nurturing nature. As the boys help the Tidd family settle in, they quickly form a bond with Mark, leading to light-hearted challenges, secret societies, and intriguing encounters, including a mysterious stranger showing interest in Mark's father's turbine invention. The opening sets up a whimsical tone while hinting at deeper themes of friendship and loyalty as the boys navigate childhood together in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFriendship -- Juvenile fiction  aBoys -- Juvenile fiction  aInventors -- Fiction  aMichigan -- Juvenile fiction  aSecret societies -- Juvenile fiction1 aClarke, William Wallace40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57165