title: Tried & True: Revelations of a Rebellious Youth
author: Dutty Bookman
description: Dutty Bookman is a self-declared revolutionary hailing from the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica. He was the Communications Coordinator for the Bob Marley Group of Companies as well as a talk show host on a prominent national radio station. He was also one of the pioneers who organized the inaugural 'Ignite The Americas' youth arts forum in Toronto, Canada, under the auspices of the Organization of American States, and he is a co-founder for Manifesto Jamaica, a non-profit organization that works to educate, expose and empower youth via arts and culture programming. Dutty now lives in Washington, DC with his wife and son.
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  The High School Boys' Training Hike
  
  
  CHAPTER I. MR. TITMOUSE DOESN'T KNOW DICK
  
  CHAPTER II. THE DEED OF A HERO
  
  CHAPTER III. THE PEDDLER AND THE LAWYER'S HALF
  
  CHAPTER IV. PEDDLER HINMAN'S NEXT APPEARANCE
  
  CHAPTER V. DAVE DOES SOME GOOD WORK
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE NO-BREAKFAST PLAN
  
  CHAPTER VII. MAKING THE TRAMPS SQUIRM
  
  CHAPTER VIII. WHEN THE PEDDLER WAS “FRISKED”
  
  CHAPTER IX. DICK IMITATES A TAME INDIAN
  
  CHAPTER X. REUBEN HINMAN PROVES HIS METTLE
  
  CHAPTER XI. TOM IDEALIZES WORKING CLOTHES
  
  [CHAPTER XII. TROUBLE WITH THE RAH-RAH-
  RAHS](The%20High%20School%20Boys%27%20Training_split_001.html#filepos175897)
  
  [CHAPTER XIII. A SNUB AND THE QUICK
  RETORT](The%20High%20School%20Boys%27%20Training_split_001.html#filepos193114)
  
  [CHAPTER XIV. DICK &CO. MAKE AN APPLE
  “PIE”](The%20High%20School%20Boys%27%20Training_split_001.html#filepos204141)
  
  [CHAPTER XV. MAKING PORT IN A
  STORM](The%20High%20School%20Boys%27%20Training_split_001.html#filepos219570)
  
  [CHAPTER XVI. HOME