young outlaw, or, Adrift in the streets
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Orphans -- Fiction; Homeless persons -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Young outlaw; Adrift in the streets
Description: Runaway orphan fifteen-year-old Sam Barker finds life on the streets of New York City tougher than he imagined, as he falls victim to a robbery, sleeps in the streets, and does just about anything for the price of a good meal.
Notes: First published in 1875 by Loring, Boston.
Sequel: Sam's chance and how he improved it.