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Reproduction of the original: The Erie Train Boy by Horatio Alger
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3734073987
Reproduction of the original: The Erie Train Boy by Horatio Alger
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Litres
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5040465041
Author : Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1904
Category :
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Author : Horatio 1832-1899 Alger
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781014647023
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Stephen O'Connor
Publisher : HMH
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 054752370X
The true story behind Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel is revealed in this “engaging and thoughtful history” of the Children’s Aid Society (Los Angeles Times). A powerful blend of history, biography, and adventure, Orphan Trains fills a grievous gap in the American story. Tracing the evolution of the Children’s Aid Society, this dramatic narrative tells the fascinating tale of one of the most famous—and sometimes infamous—child welfare programs: the orphan trains, which spirited away some two hundred fifty thousand abandoned children into the homes of rural families in the Midwest. In mid-nineteenth-century New York, vagrant children, whether orphans or runaways, filled the streets. The city’s solution for years had been to sweep these children into prisons or almshouses. But a young minister named Charles Loring Brace took a different tack. With the creation of the Children’s Aid Society in 1853, he provided homeless youngsters with shelter, education, and, for many, a new family out west. The family matching process was haphazard, to say the least: at town meetings, farming families took their pick of the orphan train riders. Some children, such as James Brady, who became governor of Alaska, found loving homes, while others, such as Charley Miller, who shot two boys on a train in Wyoming, saw no end to their misery. Complete with extraordinary photographs and deeply moving stories, Orphan Trains gives invaluable insights into a creative genius whose pioneering, if controversial, efforts inform child rescue work today.
Author : Alger Horatio, Jr
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2021-01-15
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ISBN :
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.
Author : John B Corns
Publisher : TLC Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 2003-02-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781883089757
This photo history has extended captions covering the important coal-hauling railroad, connecting the coal fields with Great Lakes shipping at Toledo, Huron, Loraine, and Cleveland. Picturesque photos cover the 1860s to 1949 mergers with the Nickel Plate Road. Corns covers subjects that include stations, small and large, old and new steam locomotives, cars, terminals, and other facilities. Over 40,000 words of text in the extended captions gives the reader a detailed description of the railway.
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 2020-08-23
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ISBN :
"Papers, magazines, all the popular novels! Can't I sell you something this morning?" Joshua Bascom turned as the train boy addressed him, and revealed an honest, sunburned face, lighted up with pleasurable excitement, for he was a farmer's son and was making his first visit to the city of New York. "I ain't much on story readin'," he said, "I tried to read a story book once, but I couldn't seem to get interested in it." "What was the name of it?" asked Fred, the train boy, smiling. "It was the 'Pilgrim's Progress, ' or some such name. It had pictures into it. Aunt Nancy give it to dad for a birthday present once." "I have heard of it." "It was a mighty queer book. I couldn't make head nor tail on't.
Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0199862060
A spirited and lively introduction to American literature, this book acquaints readers with the key authors, works, and events in the nation's rich and eclectic literary tradition.
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 1926-06
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ISBN :
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.