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Charlie Whistler's Omnium Gatherum: Campfire Stories and Adirondack Adventures Philip Delves Broughton
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Charlie Whistler's Omnium Gatherum: Campfire Stories and Adirondack Adventures
Philip Delves Broughton
In the tradition of The Dangerous Book for Boys, a visually dazzling compendium of practical knowledge, fascinating trivia, and worldly wisdom for young boys--designed as a charming and informal full-color family scrapbook treasured by generations of one family at their Adirondack summer camp.
On a late summer afternoon, while rustling around in his family's Adirondack cabin, a boy named Charlie Whistler finds a dusty cloth-bound scrapbook. It is the Omnium Gatherum, a colorful, illustrated grab bag of stories, arcana, and much more, faithfully collected over generations by Charlie's father, grandfather, and generations of Whistlers before them.
Its pages hold a universe of age-old wisdom, from the simple--how to tie a slipknot--to the esoteric--how to find your way in the forest, or predict the tides--to the exotic--how to understand simple phrases in dozens of languages.
Charlie Whistler's Omnium Gatherum is a delightful, ceaselessly readable, and unique gift book for boys of all ages: a nostalgic evocation of American childhood, a keepsake for modern fathers to hand down to their sons, and an irresistible, page-turning read for everyone who loves to lose themselves in the world of imagination.
272 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 17, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780062323613 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 203 × 203 × 28 mm · 771 g |
| Language | English |
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