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The Old Tobacco Shop

by William Bowen

First published
1921
Pages
218
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  1. Mr. Punch and the Clock-Tower

    14:48

  2. Aunt Amanda and the Two Old Codgers

    22:37

  3. Introducing the Churchwarden

    17:05

  4. In which Mr. Hanlon makes a Great Impression

    14:30

  5. The Chinaman's Head

    12:21

  6. Lemuel Mizzen, A.B.

    8:35

  7. The Hands of the Clock come Together

    10:54

  8. Celluloid Cuffs and a Silk Hat

    9:02

  9. The Odour of Sanctity

    7:01

  10. Captain Higginson and the Spanish Main

    8:51

  11. A Mixed Company in search of Adventure

    12:35

  12. The Voyage of the Sieve

    20:27

  13. The Cabin-Boy's Revenge

    31:08

  14. The Cruise of the Mattresses

    9:05

  15. A Fall in the Dark

    17:35

  16. Captain Lingo and a Fine Piece of Head-Work

    33:10

  17. High Dudgeon and Low Dudgeon

    12:25

  18. The Society for Piratical Research

    24:58

  19. A Knock at the Door

    19:18

  20. The City of Towers

    13:11

  21. Shiraz the Rug-Merchant

    16:38

  22. Six Enchanted Souls

    15:48

  23. From the Fire Back to the Frying-Pan

    5:27

  24. Disenchantment Complete

    17:45

  25. The Old Man of the Mountain

    12:54

  26. The King's Tower

    11:15

  27. The Sorcerer's Den

    16:29

  28. 222 The Old Tobacco Shop

    9:03

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About this book

Five-year-old Freddie longs for adventure, and he finds it inside a dusty little tobacco shop kept by the kindly Mr. Toby Littleback. Warned never to touch the jar shaped like a Chinese head, the boy cannot resist the magic tobacco it holds, and smoking it sweeps him and his friends aboard The Sieve, a leaky ship bound for the Spanish Main. Pirates, stolen treasure, and a mysterious Persian rug merchant who grants each traveler a heart's desire fill the voyage that follows. Bowen's 1921 story sits somewhere between a dream and a sea yarn, its whimsy shaded, as one early reviewer put it, with a touch of Dickens. Named a Newbery Honor book, it stays a gentle, oddly haunting fantasy for children who like their make-believe salted with danger.

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William Bowen

William Alvin Bowen (1877–1937) was an American lawyer who wrote a handful of children's fantasies in the 1920s. Born in Baltimore, he published The Enchanted Forest in 1920 and The Old Tobacco Shop a year later.

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Book facts

First published
1921
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
218
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Nancy Gorgen, Lynne T, Lori Arsenault and others