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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aCraddock, Charles Egbert,
_d1850-1922
245 1 4 _aThe champion
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-09-17
508 _aPeter Becker, Mary Meehan 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"The Champion" by Charles Egbert Craddock is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces readers to a young printer's devil named Edward Macdonald, who aspires to become a champion compositor in the bustling environment of a newspaper office. Through his misadventures, the novel explores themes of ambition, innocence, and the challenges of growing up in a city filled with both opportunities and temptations. The opening portion of the book sets the stage in a lively printing house, where Edward interacts with a friend, Peter Bateman, while navigating the chaos of the busy newsroom. Eager to escape his mundane job to witness the excitement of the theatre, Edward is persuaded by Pete to sneak into Gorham's Theatre through a back window. As he embarks on this adventure, the narrative hints at his internal conflict over his actions and the moral implications of his desire for fun and excitement. The tone shifts as the boys become embroiled in unforeseen danger and drama, foreshadowing the turbulent experiences that will shape Edward’s journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902
653 _aCity and town life -- Fiction
653 _aBoys -- Fiction
653 _aNewspaper employees -- Fiction
700 1 _aStephens, Alice Barber,
_d1858-1932
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/champion00cradiala
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74435
999 _c115160
_d115160