Ben Bruce :
scenes in the life of a Bowery newsboy /
Horatio Alger, Jr. ; with illustrations by J. Watson Davis.

Description

Main Author

Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899.

Related Names

Davis, J. Watson.
Burt, A. L. (Albert Levi), 1843-1913.
A.L. Burt Company

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : A. L. Burt, c1901.

Subjects

Business > Business / Juvenile fiction.
Poets > Poets / Juvenile fiction.
Diligence > Diligence / Juvenile fiction.
Success > Success / Juvenile fiction.
Farmers > Farmers / Juvenile fiction.
Runaway teenagers > Runaway teenagers / Juvenile fiction.
Stepfathers > Stepfathers / Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Conduct of life / Juvenile fiction.
Youth > Youth / Conduct of life > Youth / Conduct of life / Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > New York (N.Y.) / History > New York (N.Y.) / History / Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile literature > Juvenile literature / New York (State) > Juvenile literature / New York (State) / New York > Juvenile literature / New York (State) / New York / 1901.
Publishers' catalogues > Publishers' catalogues / 1901.

Summary

Fifteen-year-old Ben runs away from the farm home of his stepfather and heads to New York City, but he later returns to save his stepfather from a swindler.

Note

Publisher's advertisements on 10 pages follow text.

Physical Description

iv, 313, 10 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

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