The boys' house : stories - Heynen Jim 1940 (St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001)
That could have been you -- The hornets' nest -- Garden rabbits -- The stray cat in the garden -- Who had six toes -- Kickers -- The corn bin -- The boys go to ask a neighbor for some apples -- An alligator in the sandpit -- Who are those people anyhow? -- Moley -- The pet squirrel -- In which the librarian writes a letter to the editor -- The man who raised turkeys -- If the weather stayed nice -- Is Uncle Jack crazy? -- The rich man -- An unexpected blizzard -- The albino fox -- A New Year's story -- Boys' work -- Who were poor and crazy -- Potato soup -- Winter chores -- Coat sails -- The boys learn to use wire -- Big boots -- Chicken pox -- The robin's nest -- Who had good ears -- The parrot -- Have you ever seen a sad sparrow -- Uncle Jack and the ducks -- What the boys did about the lightning -- The boys learn about water -- Spitting sally -- The rooster and hen secret -- The man who sharpened saws -- The great strength -- Who stole things -- Buttermilk pop -- Uncle Jack and the compass -- Go to the ant, thou sluggard -- Fewer cats now -- Sunday school -- The bad day -- The goose lady -- The man who kept cigars in his cap -- Who made her husband do all the work -- Strange smells in the night -- Ducks and bacon rind -- Spotty -- Uncle Jack's riddle -- The blind pony -- The old turtle -- The big push -- The injured fawn -- The flamethrower -- Ground squirrels -- The old policeman -- The boys learn by watching -- The old boar and the pigs -- Death death death -- Uncle Jack and the beautiful schoolteacher -- The boys' house.
Keywords: Rural families -- Fiction; Family farms -- Fiction; Farm life -- Fiction; Boys -- Fiction; Iowa -- Social life and customs -- Fiction