My Boy and I

by Christine Terhune Herrick

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1913. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 290 My boy and I / by his mother, Christine Terhune Herrick 1913 Christine Terhune Herrick

290 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Christine Terhune Herrick (1859-1944) was an American author who wrote mostly about housekeeping. She published articles in Harper's Bazaar and was also a journalist.

Reviews

[Julie Bihn]

Yet the boys would have been outraged if any one had applied the word "theft" to this appropriation of the property of others. It was "swiping"! Between this and stealing there was a well-defined distinction. The boy who helped himself to what he needed from the miscellaneous possessions of another boy "swiped" them, and was thought none the worse of by his companions. But if he had taken even a nickel in money it would have been stealing and he would not have been tolerated.

An alternate title could be "Boy Mom, 1913." The author writes as though she's a self-righteous mother talking about her own son (or occasionally multiple sons), but right at the start, she admits that it's based on her experiences, others' experiences, and fiction. The part on boarding schools was fairly informative (see quote below), but the rest felt like an opinion piece from a mother whose life revolves around her son, a son who was unusually close to her. I read it for vague research, but I don't know that it was suitable for my purposes.

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