The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay
By: by Horatio Alger, Jr., author of "Do and dare," "Hector's inheritance," "Ragged dick" series, "Tattered Tom" series, etc. etc
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Henry T. Coates & Company
Published: 1887
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Copyright date: 1887
Subjects: Children; Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life; Adventure stories; Swindlers and swindling; Real estate agents; Widows; Diligence; Secretaries; Landlords; Poverty
Other titles: Fortunes of Ben Barclay
Description: Anxious to help his widowed mother meet the greedy landlords demand for the full mortgage payment, sixteen-year-old Ben Barclay finds employment as a secretary to a real estate agent in 1870's New York City, and through honesty, good character, and friendship saves the family home and finds answers to a long-ago mystery.
Notes: Illustrated endpapers in color.

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Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.