Project Gutenberg 2023-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 123 Peck, George W. (George Wilbur) 1840 1916 Peck, George Wilbur Lederer, Charles 1856 1925 Peck's Bad Boy in an airship $aChicago :$bStanton and Van Vliet Co., $c1908. Stephen Hutcheson, Gísli Valgeirsson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Peck's Bad Boy in an Airship" by George W. Peck is a humorous novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the misadventures of Peck’s Bad Boy, also known as Hennery, and his father as they embark on a journey to Europe and South Africa to explore airships and their potential military application for the United States Navy. The narrative is filled with pranks, mischief, and comedic situations that showcase Hennery's playful spirit and penchant for trouble. The opening of the book introduces us to Hennery, who expresses a longing to be an orphan and finds himself unexpectedly taken to an orphan asylum, where he believes he can have more fun without parental supervision. However, soon after, he learns that his father has a government appointment to investigate airships, and he is not invited. Hennery's experience at the orphanage is chaotic as he quickly encounters bullying from other boys and struggles to adapt to his new life. Eventually, he devises a plan to escape with a friend, leading to a series of escapades that set the tone for the adventure-filled story to come, including mishaps involving ballooning and a desire to reunite with his father in Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) "A story relating the adventures of Peck's bad boy and his pa who are sent to Europe to investigate airships with an idea of using them in the United States Navy. Tells of their adventures in Europe also in South Africa where the airship is used in hunting wild animals."--title page. 20130323150358peck 1908 US Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Airships -- Juvenile fiction South Africa -- Juvenile fiction Hunting -- Juvenile fiction Tribes -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Humour Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 323643 2025-07-28T13:35:50.111889 text/html 294408 2023-11-27T04:39:34 text/html 4008739 2025-07-28T13:36:10.441823 application/epub+zip 3989094 2025-07-28T13:35:57.183857 application/epub+zip 368523 2025-07-28T13:35:51.064944 application/epub+zip 7731633 2025-07-28T13:36:16.253840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7691637 2025-07-28T13:36:03.404820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271634 2025-07-28T13:35:49.087890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 251773 2023-11-27T04:39:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19930 2025-07-28T13:36:16.480785 application/rdf+xml 19405 2025-07-28T13:35:51.420902 image/jpeg 2342 2025-07-28T13:35:51.240944 image/jpeg 4650751 2025-07-28T13:35:50.256935 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 en.wikipedia