young boatman
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Fiction; Criminals -- Fiction; Ferries -- Fiction; Stepfathers -- Fiction; Maine -- History -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Working at a Maine ferry service to support his mother, young Grit must contend with his alcoholic stepfather, but manages to maintain his values by saving a young boy from drowning and foiling the plans of a group of thieves.
Notes: First published in 1892 by Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia.