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The telegraph boy / by Horatio Alger, jr.

Title
The telegraph boy / by Horatio Alger, jr.
Author
Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899.
Publication
Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Co., [c1879]

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Description
viii, 262 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
In late-nineteenth-century New York City, fifteen-year-old Frank Kavanagh's job as messenger boy brings him many adventures, new friendships, and eventually a great improvement in his fortunes.
Subject
  • Messengers > Juvenile fiction
  • Orphans > Juvenile fiction
  • Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
  • Adventure stories
  • Friendship > Juvenile fiction
  • Children > Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
  • Telegraph > Employees > Juvenile fiction
  • Success > Juvenile fiction
  • Diligence > Juvenile fiction
  • Poverty > Juvenile fiction
  • Street life > Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • Juvenile works.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
OCLC
153648480
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library