Timothy Crump's ward, or, The New Year's loan, and what became of it
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Foundlings -- Fiction; Kidnapping -- Fiction; Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Mystery and detective stories; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Timothy Crump's ward; New Year's loan, and what became of it
Description: On the eve of 1837 in New York City, one-year-old Ida is mysteriously left on the Crump family's humble doorstep and they proceed to raise her as their own until the day she is kidnapped and taken to Philadelphia to be used as a pawn for counterfeiters.
Notes: First published in 1866 by Loring, Boston.