JACK HARKER'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS: Being the Conclusion…

JACK HARKER'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS: Being the Conclusion of the "Adventures of Young Jack Harkaway and His Boy Tinker" (#15) by Hemyng, Bracebridge (1841-1901) < >

JACK HARKER'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS: Being the Conclusion of the "Adventures of Young Jack Harkaway and His Boy Tinker" (#15)

Edition: Reprint.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co.. n.d. (ca 1920). Hardcover - The final book in Hemyng's extremely popular series, one which tamed the gore and violence of the 'penny dreadfuls' to produce exciting books aimed at younger readers. Jack ran away to see to escape a harsh schoolmaster, and had many adventures all around the world, but he still managed to retain his sense of honor and schoolboy code of conduct despite being surrounded by villains of all types. This volume begins in true penny dreadful style with a murder - "We arrived too late to prevent it, but Tinker was pleased to take it upon himself to avenge the murdered woman, for a woman it was, as we could tell from her shrieks as the sack went under and stifled them for ever." - but the emphasis is on his being manly enough to apologize for the tempetousness of his actions. Frontispiece. 263 pp plus 1 p publisher's ad.

Condition: Good overall in burgundy cloth with black lettering, black, gold and orange illustration on the front cover (front hinge cracked)

Book ID: 63867
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