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“Mow a rug! I never heard of such a thing!”
“Don’t you ever do anything except something that you’ve heard of before?”
“Sure, but not like mowing rugs. Say, if I mowed one of ours my dad would mow my head off.”
Tampa Boy by George Bailey
These are the links to your summer reading: Chapters 1-3 of Tampa Boy
Don't get confused - The book is about Tampa Florida, but the first three chapters take place in Hudson, Wisconsin. Hudson is on the St. Croix (croy) River.
Look here: http://www.saintcroixriver.com/
or Google Map it: http://maps.google.com


Text for Tampa Boy ch 1 Mr. C's read-aloud tampa boy 1.mp3 (right-click and open in a new window)




This is a "big four-cylinder Mitchell" (ch. 2).
Click here for a silly PowerPoint animation of how the sawmill "drops rafts"
A hack (hackney cab) like Utmann's
A "Dinkey"

A "Through Train," or "Night Flyer."

Works in Progress - We'll talk about them later...
The link below will open a powerpoint that has zillions of pictures from around Tampa at the time of Tampa Boy. It's big, so give it a little time to open.
Tampa Boy slides 08.ppt
Growing Up Denatured:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/garden/28kids.html
Nature-Deficit Disorder survey
http://www.eeweek.org/resources/survey.htm
Comments (Show all 96)
Hannah Latta said
at 2:46 pm on Aug 4, 2009
chapter 2: how did they lose all there money?
Landon said
at 8:30 pm on Aug 5, 2009
chapter3: I think the book is good so far, I can't wait to read the rest of the book. Curt the main character seems to be very mischievous.
marquis nelson said
at 4:09 pm on Aug 6, 2009
how did they lose all there
money
Taylor Johnson said
at 10:40 pm on Aug 6, 2009
Chapter 2. Why was Winn bragging about how Curt was going to go to Florida?
Taylor Johnson said
at 10:43 pm on Aug 6, 2009
Chapter 3. Why are there so many churches?
bert hinton said
at 7:39 pm on Aug 10, 2009
Chapter 1: I thought the teacher was rude. Glad Ms. Murphy is not not my teacher.
bert hinton said
at 7:41 pm on Aug 10, 2009
Chapter two: I wonder if the family will ever make any money?
bert hinton said
at 7:41 pm on Aug 10, 2009
Chapter three: When will the audio be up?
alexis said
at 10:57 pm on Aug 11, 2009
Chapter 1 what point in time is this happening in?
Chapter 2 why was winn talking so much about curt was going to Florida?
Chapter 3 why are they talking about crocodiles in florida?
austin manning said
at 8:45 pm on Aug 13, 2009
Curt was so afraid of even apoligizing to Esther at the beggining, why was he so bold as to kiss her at the end of the book.
austin manning said
at 8:47 pm on Aug 13, 2009
why did Curt even think about going to FLorida if he liked it at his hometown so much?
Anissa said
at 1:42 pm on Aug 14, 2009
Chapter 1 : Why wouldn't he apologize to Esther?
Did the class send the letters for fun or were they doing it for a project?
Barbara said
at 11:10 am on Aug 16, 2009
Chpt 1- what time period is this??
Chpt 2- why did they have to move to florida so suddenly??
Chpt 3- what role does Utman play, i didnt really get h part..?
Barbara said
at 11:11 am on Aug 16, 2009
oops... i only put the 'h' i meant *that*
Barbara said
at 11:14 am on Aug 16, 2009
i got access to comment on this page but it wont let me add a page so i can do my summary
Barbara said
at 11:59 am on Aug 16, 2009
it wont even let me click on 'create a page'
dearta said
at 7:21 pm on Aug 16, 2009
i acnt find a way to create my page
Elishah said
at 7:25 pm on Aug 16, 2009
chapter 1:
What grade was he in?
Elishah said
at 7:28 pm on Aug 16, 2009
chapter 2:
Why were there rafts?
Taylor Johnson said
at 9:41 pm on Aug 16, 2009
Barbara, you have to click the button saying "request access" As soon as your email get an email saying you can make a page, you can make a page. Hope this helps everyone with this question!
Ingrid said
at 11:42 am on Aug 17, 2009
chapter 1 : Why did Curt put Esthers hair in Ink? Was he Just Bored?
chapter 2: Who were Christine and Hannah and why were they leaving them?
chapter3: Why did Curt throw apples at Utmann? And could any adult just grab some kid by the arm when they misbehaved?
quadae said
at 9:58 pm on Aug 17, 2009
chapter 1: where is ST. Croix located?
chapter 2: why are Curt and Winn always together?
chapter 3: what does astride mean?
nikki said
at 2:10 pm on Aug 18, 2009
chapter 1: why didn't he just say "I'm sorry" in front of the class? why would he rather stay after class?
chapter 2: who are Christine and Hannah?
chapter 3: why does he compare what his dad says to Mount Vesuvius?
- Monique Santiago
kiarah mallory said
at 2:35 pm on Aug 18, 2009
chapter 3:WAT IS A EPISCOPAL CHURCH?
Laura said
at 10:34 pm on Aug 19, 2009
chapter 1: how did the teacher not see the writing on the board?
chapter 2: what is a boon?
chapter 3: why did he throw apples at utmann? and what is Mount Vesuvius?
Mackenzie Ashley said
at 9:27 am on Aug 20, 2009
Chapter 1: How did the teacher not see the verses on the board as Curt recited?
Chapter 2: What are they going to do with Christene and Hannah?
Chapter 3: Whta is the code?
Miranda said
at 10:41 am on Aug 20, 2009
chapter 1: i don't get what a pitch pipe is that Miss Murphy is holding..they say it in sentences like...Miss Murphy returned to the room for a pitch pipe and she smiled sweetly at Curt.
what does it mean?
chapter 2: I don't get what happened to the family to make them lose so much money and make all of this happen so fast?
chapter 3:they may have said it before but I am just making sure. Who is Utmann?
makaila torres said
at 3:16 pm on Aug 20, 2009
chapter 1: why wouldnt curt tell the girl in his class how he felt about her. i know that he was shy, but he almost showed it buy throwing snow balls at her. he threw more snow balls at her in the the winter than at any other girl.
makaila torres said
at 3:25 pm on Aug 20, 2009
chapter 2: did they have slaves?
makaila torres said
at 3:30 pm on Aug 20, 2009
chapter 3: how could he tell the church bells apart?
Gracela said
at 5:39 pm on Aug 20, 2009
Question1 - What's cripes?
Question2 - Why did the fammily loose money?
Question3 - What year does this story take place in?
Ellis C. said
at 1:35 pm on Aug 21, 2009
Ch 2 question: What did they transport using the rafts?
Corinna said
at 2:35 pm on Aug 21, 2009
Chapter 1 - What does "Cripes" mean? What time period is this? I don't get why it's so bad to apologize to someone in class?
Chapter 2 - What does "Boon" mean? I don't get why the family was losing so much money and making everything happen so suddenly? What does "Cinch" mean?
Chapter 3 - How does he notice Winn? Why are there so many churches?
- Corinna
brandon said
at 6:08 pm on Aug 21, 2009
chapter 1 - what is a sill you said "just across the sill was all the delight of a warm spring day"
chapter 2-what does amdrastion mean you said "ween look at his pal with amdrastion"
chapter 3- why did the conductor stood at one side in his blue uniform and held his watch in his hand
Andrew said
at 11:36 am on Aug 22, 2009
Ch 1- What year is this taking place?
Ch 2- Why was his mom upset?
Ch 3- Why is the family going broke?
Megan Gutierrez said
at 1:41 pm on Aug 22, 2009
Chapter 1- Why didn’t he want to apologize and what’s does “cripes“ mean??
Chapter 2-
Since the bank lost so much money I was wondering if this took place during the great depression and why has the mother been acting weird these past months?
Chapter 3- What is a Episcopal church?
Christan said
at 4:55 pm on Aug 22, 2009
Chapter 1- Why didn't Miss Murphy just make him apologize?
Chapter 2- Why didn't they just sell other things like the piano?
Chapter 3- Why did the familey have to take three diffrent trains to the everglades?
- Christan Perry
Ellis C. said
at 12:35 pm on Aug 23, 2009
Ch 3 Question: What are spires?
Christopher Hayes said
at 8:20 pm on Aug 23, 2009
ch 1 Question: What are crappies?
Ch 2 Question: What is a cinch?
Ch 3 Question: What is a sonorous?
Max Portillo said
at 9:13 pm on Aug 23, 2009
Max Portillo asked:
Question for Chapter 1- How come Curt was so stubborn? Why didn't he just say he was sorry instead of having to memorize and write four poems?
Question for Chapter 2- If Curt's family sold their car, how would they get around in their new home in Florida?
Question for Chapter 3- What is a hack?
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