Project Gutenberg 2012-05-26 Public domain in the USA. 222 Bashford, H. H. (Henry Howarth), Sir 1880 1961 Bashford, Henry Bashford, Henry Howarth, Sir Tommy Wideawake Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. "Tommy Wideawake" by H. H. Bashford is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the titular character, Tommy, a unique and free-spirited boy full of imagination and energy. Set against the backdrop of a little English village, the narrative delves into themes of friendship, nature, and the adventures of boyhood, as seen through the eyes of various adults who express their hopes and concerns for Tommy's upbringing. The opening of the book introduces us to a group of middle-aged men discussing Tommy Wideawake, the colonel's only son, as they sit around a fire in a study. They reflect on their friendships and the peculiarities of their lives, while the colonel expresses his wish for Tommy to have a meaningful childhood, distinct from the typical education system. He enlists the help of his old friends to mentor Tommy during his holidays, allowing the boy freedom to discover the world around him. The set-up establishes the camaraderie and the contrasting perspectives of the characters as they prepare to take on the task of guiding Tommy in his formative years. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Friendship -- Fiction Boys -- Fiction Guardian and ward -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Older men -- Fiction Bachelors -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 199352 2025-06-16T08:32:18.784081 text/html 202296 2012-05-25T19:04:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 82648 2012-05-25T19:04:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170594 2025-06-16T08:32:27.635041 application/epub+zip 169703 2025-06-16T08:32:22.825069 application/epub+zip 138393 2025-06-16T08:32:20.923080 application/epub+zip 346516 2025-06-16T08:32:30.973002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321475 2025-06-16T08:32:26.658026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279849 2022-09-18T08:44:49.567955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168443 2025-06-16T08:32:17.760105 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168259 2012-05-25T19:04:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64803 2012-05-25T19:04:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19919 2025-06-16T08:32:31.112000 application/rdf+xml 16161 2025-06-16T08:32:21.993062 image/jpeg 3950 2025-06-16T08:32:21.707029 image/jpeg 158665 2025-06-16T08:32:18.829121 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia