The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay / by Horatio Alger, Jr., author of "Do and dare," "He...
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.
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Publisher
Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Company, [1887]
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Language
English
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Physical content
1 online resource (314 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Content type
text
Media type
computer
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online resource
Publication information
Publisher
Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Company, [1887]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[1887]
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Summary
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.
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Full title
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.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
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.
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Date Copyright
©1887
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Record Identifier
74VKVE7L38qO
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991024130401202626
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