Do you know Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong? Do you know what sneedball is?
If
so, you're my kind of person. If not, here's some excellent news:
Publisher David R Godine has bought the rights to, and reissued,
overlooked classic children's books "How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Retired Sportsmen" and "A Near Thing for Captain Najork."
Aunt
Fidget Wonkham-Strong is maiden aunt and guardian to Tom, a boy who
likes to fool around. Aunt Fidget, however, disapproved mightily of
fooling around and thinks learning off pages of the Nautical Almanac is
a much better pastime. When she loses patience with Tom's fooling
around, she calls in Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen, who come
to town on their pedal-boat to teach Tom a lesson.
This reissue actually happened last year....
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