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100 1 _aWheelwright, John T.
_q(John Tyler),
_d1856-1925
245 1 2 _aA bad penny
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-28
508 _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)
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: L. C. Page & Company, 1896
653 _aBoys -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSailors -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aUncles -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFamilies -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aNew England -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aAttwood, Francis Gilbert,
_d1856-1900
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/badpenny00whee/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76172
999 _c116897
_d116897