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050 4 _aPZ
100 1 _aEdwards, Leo,
_d1884-1944
245 1 0 _aPoppy Ott and the galloping snail
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-08-08
508 _aDavid Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Poppy Ott and the Galloping Snail" by Leo Edwards is a children's adventure novel written in the late 1920s. The book revolves around the exploits of Jerry Todd and his clever friend, Poppy Ott, as they embark on a hitchhiking adventure filled with mystery and humor. The story mixes elements of friendship, ingenuity, and the excitement of discovering quirky characters and unusual situations along their travels. The opening of the story introduces Jerry Todd as he struggles under the sun and laments about his lack of ice cream, while highlighting his camaraderie with Poppy Ott, who is described as a resourceful and fun-loving character. The two boys set off on a hitchhiking trip with high hopes and big dreams, only to find themselves in a desolate stretch of highway with no cars in sight. As evening draws near, they make plans to navigate the challenges ahead, leading them to encounter a mysterious farmer's mansion and hints of supernatural occurrences within it. The chapter sets a whimsical tone while establishing the central characters and hinting at the adventure filled with comedic mishaps and unexplainable phenomena they are about to embark on. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927
653 _aHumorous stories
653 _aDetective and mystery stories
653 _aBoys -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aIllinois -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aSalg, Bert,
_d1881-1938
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/poppyottgallopin00edwa
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71367
999 _c112093
_d112093