Ben the luggage boy, or, Among the wharves
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Subjects: Runaways -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Ben the luggage boy; Among the wharves
Description: Young Ben runs away from home after a conflict with his father and lives on the streets of New York City for years, but his mother still hopes to see him again.
Notes: First published in 1870 by Loring, Boston.