Adrift in the City (Illustrated): Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight

by Horatio Alger Jr.

Overview

Adrift in the City relates the trials and tribulations of Oliver Conrad, age fifteen, who lives in a country mansion with his stepfather, stepbrother and mother. Oliver's stepfather secretly commits his mother to a madhouse to steal her estate and pretends she has died. To get Oliver out of the picture, his stepfather arranges a job for him in New York City. Olive must survive through many hardships in order to save his mother, return home and reveal the truth of his stepfather's evil plans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663539762
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/25/2020
Series:	Classic Fiction for Young Adults , #12
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.