Striving for fortune, or, Walter Griffith's trials and successes
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Orphans -- Fiction; Street children -- Fiction; Business enterprises -- Fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Striving for fortune; Walter Griffith's trials and sucesses
Description: While struggling to support himself by selling newspapers in 1870's New York City, orphaned, fifteen-year-old Walter Griffith determines to improve his fortunes and find a suitable career through hard work, honesty, and his own good character.
Notes: First published in 1902 by Street & Smith, New York.