Title: A New York boy
First published: 2005
Description: In late-nineteenth-century New York City, orphaned, fifteen-year-old Rufus Rodman works hard as a "baggage smasher" and newsboy but finds his fortunes changing after he exposes a confidence man, saves a life, and solves a diamond robbery.
Subjects: Fiction, Swindlers and swindling, Conduct of life, Adventure and adventurers, Robbers and outlaws, Orphans, History
Places: New York (N.Y.)
Time periods: 1865-1898
LC classification: PZ7.A395 New 2005