The Train Boy
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Description
Horatio Alger Jr wrote The Train Boy, entered for copyright in 1883 and later reprinted by A L Burt of New York. Its hero is Paul Palmer, a boy who sells goods on the trains. The book opens on the train for Chicago, and chapter two has Paul leap from the moving cars.
Chapter heads then trace an Alger rise: Paul at home, an unwelcome visitor, a rescue, and trouble that leaves him in a critical position. A struggling artist, a Miss Framley, and a Grace Dearborn fill the middle. Later Paul defends his mother, changes his business, serves a tyrant in an office, and is promoted. The last stretch takes him west to Cheyenne and Omaha, to sell a mine, foil a thief, and face a revelation about Major Ashton. Honest work and pluck carry Paul up, as Alger readers expected.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 295 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |