The Erie Train Boy

The Erie Train Boy

The Erie Train Boy

Horatio Jr. Alger

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Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Año de edición:
2014
Materia
Ficción general (infantil/juvenil)
ISBN:
9781483705439
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Paul Palmer was a wide-awake boy of sixteen who supported his mother and sister by selling books and papers on the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad. He detects a young man in the act of picking the pocket of a young lady. In a railway accident many passengers are killed, but Paul is fortunate enough to assist a Chicago merchant, who out of gratitude takes him into his employ. Paul succeeds with tact and judgment and is well started on the road to business prominence.Horatio Alger, Jr. authored about seventy books. He was the son of a clergyman, graduated from Harvard. His stories are pure, inspiring and as endearing today as they were when first published. 3

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