Title: Wait and win
Subtitle: the story of Jack Drummond's pluck
First published: 1908
Description: After his parents die of a fatal fever and his home is sold, sixteen-year-old Jack sets off to seek his fortune, eventually going to sea on a ship bound for the Indies.
Subjects: Fiction, Conduct of life in fiction, Conduct of life, Adventure and adventurers, Orphans, Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Orphans in fiction, Children's literature
Time periods: 19th century