Herbert Selden, the poor lawyer's son
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Living under the guardianship of a devious cousin after his grandfather's death, twelve-year-old Herbert is taken from a happy home and placed in the care of unscrupulous men, unaware of the fortune that awaits him when he comes of age.
Notes: First published in 1859 by the New York Sun, New York.