The Erie Train Boy
A Fiction book. OLD TIME (PRE-1920) CATEGORYI must admit that I have never really read a story quite like this one....
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. He is noted as a significant figure in the history of American cultural and social ideals, even though his novels are rarely read these days. After attending Harvard Divinity School from 1857 to 1860, he took a ten-month tour of Europe and produced works of a patriotic nature. Alger's empathy with the young working men, coupled with the moral values he learned at home, formed the basis of the first novel in...
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This was an very thick book but still was very goodit was a book about a child who meets another kid who is very rich a supposedly related to the mayor and is worth alot of money. the 1st child was from a very poor family who could barely make rent and though he was only a child he was the families only income of moneywhi;le i was reading... OLD TIME (PRE-1920) CATEGORYI must admit that I have never really read a story quite like this one. The style is so different from anything that I have read before in young adult literature. The story is about a young 17 year old named Fred Fenton who works on a train selling food, magazines, and books. Despite his youth acts as the... everyone
