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The Story of a Boy Turned into a Man
A reminiscence of childhood days when a boy named Harry Powell earned the nickname Booby Powell. He recounts his boyhood distractions, his clash with a taunting classmate Jim Stokes, and how determination to grow out of derision led him to become a studious, self-disciplined youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jenkins
Ben Wylen
Goose Powell
Angustitie
Bowell
Crowley
Mae Se
Jim Brokes
Jim Stokes
Darknes
Jim
Stokes
Akadof
Bob
Peter the Great
St. Louis Democrat
New York
Metropolitan Hotel
Metropolis
Gotham
Chatham Street
Missouri
Boas
Tam
Metropolitan
Dac
St. Louis
Deuser
Black Hawk
Salt Lake
Blake
Front Streets
Denver News
Clear Creek
Chase Streets
Black Hawk Journal
Main
Temple
Newark