Phil, the fiddler
Subtitle: or, The story of a young street musician
By: by Horatio Alger ; illustrated by Laura Caxton
Series: Tattered Tom series
Publisher: Porter & Coates
Published: 1883
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Padrone system; Juvenile fiction; Young men; Street musicians; Cruelty; Forced labor; Child abuse; Children; Death; Sick; Poverty
Description: When beatings from the padrone become unbearable, a twelve-year-old Italian street musician in New York runs away to make his own way in the world.
Notes: Imperfect copy: title-page and pages 1-14 lacking. Running title used; publisher supplied from advertising matter in book.