Book 35: Tony Earley: Jim the Boy

Lots of overalls scenes and I wonder why I haven't found it earlier. A 10 yo farm boy in 1930 North Carolina. Completetly read.

Quite good plot. One complete chapter, where Jim first worked in the field (his dad died in a cotton field). Somehow I expected a bit more and hoped that the boy would getting older throughout the book.

He lives with his mom and her 3 brothers on a farm. New school, new friend, friend becomes ill and visiting his granddad on trail for his dad.

As told many quite good bibs scenes (some more involving men).

Good scenes (page for German hardcover book, seems well translated)

 

-at the beginning farm work, smelling his sweat through the overalls, hard work, too hard for him

- p 45 grapped by the straps

-p 62 being ashemed of bibs

-p 76 school, bibs of others

- p102 climbing up a greasy pole in bibs !, Competition

-p 111 uncle cleaning bibs of Jim

-p 112 bib pocket

-p 134 finger in uncle's bibs hammer loop

-p 169 bibs on laundry line

-p 200 cold wind from below through bib legs

 

Also another update of Home Improvement (story entry + pic coming very soon)

And new stats pics. B-TVs Tom Sawyer even higher and 7th Heaven s3.