Captain Jinks, Hero

“That’s a bombshell,” says Colonel Jinks of the birthday present waiting in the hall. By dawn, six-year-old Sam has found not a farmyard, but a white-plumed soldier who will remake his idea of a hero.

In rural Homeville, Colonel Jinks is a mild farmer whose military title is more impressive than his experience with firearms. His tender-hearted son Sam loves the animals on the farm—until the toy soldiers capture his imagination and the word “hero” becomes his ambition. As Sam learns to march, fight and salute, one awkward question hangs over the games: if both sides have bayonets, who counts as the bad people? Ernest Crosby’s wry novel follows the boy’s growing devotion to military glory. How far will that little white plume lead him?

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