Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.
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Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. by Robert Paul Smith
A hugely popular bestseller when it first appeared in 1957, Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. is Robert Paul Smith's nostalgic and often wry look back on his 1920s childhood. Smith agitates against what he perceives as the over-scheduled and over-supervised lives of suburban children as he celebrates privacy, boredom, and time to oneself away from adults. Arcane games and pastimes including mumbly-peg, horse-chestnut collecting, and Indian scalp burns pervade the book, alongside tales of young love--I loved the smell of kerosene. Rose smelled of kerosene. I loved Rose.--and hard-won observations by Smith the elder. Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. still conveys the essence of adventure that forms the basis of a fondly recalled childhood.
Smith, Robert Paul: - Robert Paul Smith was born in Brooklyn, grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and graduated from Columbia College in 1936. He authored four novels as well as Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. and its companion, How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393339413 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393339416 |
| Title | Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. |
| Author | Robert Paul Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Year published | 2010-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 131 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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