Paul Prescott's charge
Subtitle: a story for boys
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Sent to live in the village poor house, a plucky thirteen-year-old orphan runs away to New York City, where he becomes "a young gentleman of fortune" through hard work and fortuitous events.
Notes: First published in 1865 by Loring, Boston.