Ben the Luggage Boy (Illustrated)

by Horatio Alger, Jr

Overview

In publishing "Ben, the Luggage Boy," Alger said that it is in all essential points a true history, the particulars of the story having been communicated to him by Ben himself. In particular, the circumstances surrounding the boy's running away from home and adopting the life of a street boy, are in strict accordance with Ben's own statement.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150895218
Publisher:	Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1870
Publication date:	09/30/2015
Series:	Classic Fiction for Young Adults , #16
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

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.