THE BOY
AND HIS GANG
BY
J. ADAMS PUFFER
Director of Beacon Vocation Bureau, Boston
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON NEW YORK CHIGAGO
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. ADAMS PUFFER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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PREFACE
Sixty-six boys who were members of gangsare responsible for this book. They told methe stories of their gang life and I wrote themout in the form illustrated in Chapter II. Ishowed these stories to President G. StanleyHall, who asked me to present them in thePedagogical Seminary, where an article appearedin June, 1905. These original storiesof Boys’ Gangs and Boy Leaders later becamethe basis for a series of lectures onBoy Problems. In revising my material forbook publication, many interesting criticismsby parents, teachers, and social workers, invarious sections of the country have beenconsciously or unconsciously incorporatedinto it. I have found a wide interest in anddemand for such a book as this—bearingupon the group psychology of boyhood—anda lamentable scarcity of readable literatureon the subject.
For aid in preparing this book I am indebtedivfirst of all to the boys for their confidence,which I have tried to keep; to PresidentG. Stanley Hall for his kindly encouragementat the right time; to President Edmund C.Sanford and Professor William H. Burnhamfor pedagogical guidance; to my wife, E.Hope Puffer, who has shared in the task fromthe beginning; to Mr. E. T. Brewster forhis invaluable assistance in editing the book,and to McClure’s Magazine for permissionto reprint the illustrations.
J. Adams Puffer.
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CONTENTS
| Preface | iii | |
| Introduction | xi | |
| I. | The Eternal Boy | 1 |
| The nature of the problem, and the persons to whom this work is addressed. | ||
| II. | The General Nature of the Gang | 8 |
| Importance of gangs—Their neglect in the literature of boyhood—The single conspicuous exception—The author’s own experience with boys’ gangs and its lessons— ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||