The Old Tobacco Shop by William Bowen
QR code
"The Old Tobacco Shop" by William Bowen is a children's fantasy novel published in 1921. When five-year-old Freddie ignores a warning and smokes from a jar of magic tobacco, he embarks on an extraordinary adventure. Alongside his friends, he sails a leaky ship on the Spanish Main, encounters pirates and stolen treasure, and meets a mysterious Persian merchant who grants wishes. But is this fantastical journey real, or something else entirely? (This
is an automatically generated summary.)
Download for free
For your e-reader or reading app — Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Calibre etc.
Kindle → Use Send-to-Kindle
- Download the EPUB3 file above
- Upload it on the Amazon site your Kindle is registered with: amazon.com/sendtokindle for the US, amazon.co.uk/sendtokindle for the UK etc.
- It appears on your Kindle and in the Kindle app
Kobo, Nook etc. → Transfer via USB
- Download the EPUB3 file on your computer
- Connect your e-reader by USB and tap "Connect" on its screen
- Drag the file onto the e-reader drive
Phone, Tablet or Computer → Online or Reading App
Easiest: read online in your browser. Nothing to install.
Or use a reading app:
- Find and install one you like, for example Apple Books, ReadEra or Thorium Reader
- Download the EPUB3 file above
- Open it in the app
More help: iPhone / iPad · Android · Computer
Other formats & older devices
There may be more files related to this item.
About this eBook
| Author | Bowen, William, 1877-1937 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 21018318 |
| Title |
The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure |
| Note | Newbery Honor recipient, 1922. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Tobacco_Shop |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Katie Ward and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fantasy literature |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26977 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-26977-1 |
| Release Date | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1249 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!