Jackanapes
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Jackanapes

1880
CavalryCourageJuvenile literaturePitmanShorthandTextsYouthAnecdotesChildren's literatureFictionChildren's stories, EnglishJuvenile fiction

In a 19th century English village, the high-spirited boy, orphaned at the Battle of Waterloo, rode his pony across the green, obedient to his aunt but creating scrapes she never thought to forbid him. He later joined the British Army and gave his life in battle to save his best friend.

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