A boy's fortune, or, The strange adventures of Ben Baker
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; Imposters and imposture -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Voyages and travels -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Boy's fortune; Strange adventures of Ben Baker
Description: Leaving his widowed mother and young sister on their Connecticut farm, sixteen-year-old Ben Baker seeks his fortunes in New York City and, after being refused employment by his deceitful, wealthy uncle, accepts a position as private secretary to the mysterious Major Grafton.
Notes: First published in 1898 by Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia.