Ben's Nugget (Illustrated): A Boy's Search for Fortune

by Horatio Alger Jr.

Overview

Ben's Nugget is the fourth and last volume of the Pacific Series. Though it is complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chief characters introduced will be recognized as old friends by the readers of "The Young Explorer," the volume just preceding, not omitting Ki Sing, the faithful Chinaman, whose virtues may go far to diminish the prejudice which, justly or unjustly, is now felt toward his countrymen. Though Ben Stanton may be considered rather young for a miner, not a few as young as he drifted to the gold-fields in the early days of California.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663580092
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/07/2020
Series:	Classic Fiction for Young Adults , #17
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(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.