Shifting for himself, or, Gilbert Greyson's fortunes
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Orphans -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Shifting for himself; Gilbert Greyson's fortunes
Description: Informed by his guardian that he is no longer rich and must leave school to work for a living, newly-poor, sixteen-year-old Gilbert Greyson soon learns the value of good character, honesty, and friendship as he struggles to make a new life for himself in 1870's New York City.
Notes: First published in 1876 by Loring, Boston.