Joe's luck, or, A boy's adventures in California
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction; Restaurants -- Fiction; Gold mines and mining -- Fiction; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Joe's luck; Boy's adventures in California
Description: Tired of being mistreated by his stingy employer, a fifteen-year-old impoverished orphan sets out to make his fortune in California, where his success at running a restaurant leads him to try his luck at gold mining.
Notes: First published in 1887 by A.L. Burt, New York.