The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay / by Horatio Alger, Jr., author of "Do and dare," "Hector's inheritance," "Ragged dick" series, "Tattered Tom" series, etc. etc.

Author
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Company, [1887]
  • ©1887
Description
1 online resource (314 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.

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Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood. [More in this series]
Summary note
Anxious to help his widowed mother meet the greedy landlords demand for the full mortgage payment, sixteen-year-old Ben Barclay finds employment as a secretary to a real estate agent in 1870's New York City, and through honesty, good character, and friendship saves the family home and finds answers to a long-ago mystery.
Notes
  • Illustrated endpapers in color.
  • Publisher's advertisements precede text.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Other title(s)
Fortunes of Ben Barclay
OCLC
905315406
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