Peck's Bad Boy Abroad

The following book features a character that the author of this novel is best-known for: Henry «Hennery» Peck, popularly known as Peck's Bad Boy. The character is portrayed as a mischievous prankster, and the phrase «Peck's bad boy» has entered the language to refer to anyone whose mischievous or bad behavior leads to annoyance or embarrassment. Described as «a vicious little swaggerer» and «no more than a callous brute», Hennery's antics were more mean-spirited than those of earlier boyhood characters like Huckleberry Finn.