Short stories, three complete novels, and selections from novels.

Acclaimed writer Booth Tarkington focuses on the mischievous Penrod and his pal Sam in this junior league detective caper that pits the boys against dangerous murderers.

A series of comic sketches, the book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States.

A saga of the American boy.

This volume contains the three stories, "Penrod", "Penrod and Sam", and "Penrod Jashber" dealing with the inimitable Penrod and his companions.

Penrod Schofield was neither overwhelmingly bad nor the complete little gentleman. He was an ordinary twelve-year-old boy growing up in early twentieth-century America. With his gang members Sam, Herman, and Verman and his long-suffering dog, Duke, he romps through adventures and misadventures.