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Strive and succeed : Julius, or, The street boy out West ; The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay : two novels
- Title
- Strive and succeed : Julius, or, The street boy out West ; The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay : two novels / by Horatio Alger ; introduction by S. N. Behrman.
- Author
- Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899.
- Publication
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1967.
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Details
- Description
- 146, 173 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Julius: A homeless, fifteen-year-old New York City boy is sent by the Children's Aid Society to Brookville, Wisconsin, where his hard work and heroism win him a chance to make his own fortune.
- Store boy: Anxious to help his widowed mother meet the greedy landlords demand for the full mortgage payment, sixteen-year-old Ben Barclay finds employment as a secretary to a real estate agent in 1870's New York City, and through honesty, good character, and friendship saves the family home and finds answers to a long-ago mystery.
- Uniform Title
- Julius
- Alternative Title
- Julius
- Julius, or, The street boy out West
- Store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay
- Subjects
- Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
- Street life > Juvenile fiction
- Kidnapping > Juvenile fiction
- Diligence > Juvenile fiction
- Poverty > Juvenile fiction
- Success > Juvenile fiction
- Swindlers and swindling > Juvenile fiction
- Inheritance and succession > Juvenile fiction
- Wisconsin > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Young men > Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
- Friendship > Juvenile fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life > Wisconsin > Juvenile fiction
- Wealth > Juvenile fiction
- Real estate agents > Juvenile fiction
- Boys > Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America > Wisconsin > Juvenile fiction
- Schools > Juvenile fiction
- Widows > Juvenile fiction
- Genre/Form
- Action and adventure fiction.
- Note
- Two novels; Alger's novel with title "Strive and succeed" not included.
- Call Number
- JFD 11-1745
- LCCN
- 67012645
- OCLC
- 1066553
- Author
- Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899.
- Title
- Strive and succeed : Julius, or, The street boy out West ; The store boy, or, The fortunes of Ben Barclay : two novels / by Horatio Alger ; introduction by S. N. Behrman.
- Imprint
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1967.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Added Author
- Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899. Store boy.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899. Julius. Strive and succeed. [1st ed.] New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1967] (OCoLC)614831513
- Research Call Number
- JFD 11-1745