A New York boy
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Orphans -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In late-nineteenth-century New York City, orphaned, fifteen-year-old Rufus Rodman works hard as a "baggage smasher" and newsboy but finds his fortunes changing after he exposes a confidence man, saves a life, and solves a diamond robbery.
Notes: First published in 1890 by the United States Book Company, New York.