Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781724056702
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (567 download)
Book Synopsis The Young Explorer (Illustrated, Annotated) by : Horatio Alger
Download or read book The Young Explorer (Illustrated, Annotated) written by Horatio Alger and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both his parents having died, Ben Stanton is alone. His uncle has just finished settling Ben's father's estate, and Ben has realized $365.19, a princely sum in the 1880s. He has an offer to work for his uncle in Hampton, his small, East-coast hometown, but he's not interested in working inside. Instead, Ben decides to go to California and search for gold. As you might imagine, and as he comes to learn, Ben's fortune is not at all assured by this decision!Included in this Illustrated, Annotated Edition of the 1880 version of "The Young Explorer" are 10 unique and relevant illustrations of mountains, much like those in which Ben searches for gold. Also included is a hand-crafted, detailed biography of the author, and an annotated bibliography of his work.Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.