Title: The young salesman
First published: 1854
Description: Teenage boy works his way up from rags to a responsible position in business via honesty, reliability, wits, pluck, and luck.  Different from the usual "rags to riches" story with adventures not typically found in other Alger stories.
Subjects: Conduct of life, Fiction, History, Sales personnel
Places: New York (N.Y.)
Time periods: 19th century, Late 19th century