Barry Locke, half-back
Barry Locke, fifteen, arrives at Wessex, a boarding school in the Connecticut hills, expecting to be met by his wealthy friend Clyde Allen and to room with him. Clyde has other ideas, and Barry begins his school career on his own, finding his way into the football squad as a half-back and into the loyalties and rivalries of the dormitory. Ralph Henry Barbour, who had written stories of American school sports for a quarter of a century by the time this one appeared in 1925, knew exactly how such books work: practice, setbacks, a big game, and a lesson about character learned on the way. The pleasure is in the detail of a world of boys with its own slang and codes, treated with affection. Read it online in your browser on Vinteuil; the first chapter is free.
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