Project Gutenberg 2007-12-24 Public domain in the USA. 109 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio The Telegraph Boy Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "The Telegraph Boy" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story follows a young boy named Frank Kavanagh, who arrives in New York City with just twenty-five cents and dreams of making a living. As he navigates the challenges of street life, Frank experiences both the harsh realities of urban poverty and the support of new friendships that could change his fate. At the start of the novel, Frank reflects on his meager savings while sitting in City-Hall Park, where he encounters a dubious character named Montagu Percy. Frank's naiveté leads him to be swindled, and he soon finds himself penniless and alone in the city. However, his optimistic disposition helps him forge new connections, including with Dick Rafferty, another boy living on the streets. As Frank grapples with his circumstances, he takes on various roles, including a collecting assistant for a blind man, which ultimately leads him to pursue a more stable position as a telegraph messenger. The opening chapters set the stage for Frank's journey through the complexities of city life, revealing his resilience and determination to succeed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Fiction Friendship -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction Messengers -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 282472 282488 2024-09-10T09:55:13.505377 2023-09-11T03:32:12.961178 text/html text/html 283839 2007-12-24T06:08:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 196721 2007-12-24T06:08:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 201502 2024-09-10T09:55:19.227387 application/epub+zip 203764 2024-09-10T09:55:14.325389 application/epub+zip 145698 2024-09-10T09:55:13.898407 application/epub+zip 331407 2024-09-10T09:55:22.991343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310478 2024-09-10T09:55:18.751386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253578 2022-09-11T08:03:48.281585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252535 252301 2024-09-10T09:55:12.241456 2023-09-11T03:32:11.924127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 252447 2007-12-24T06:08:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 92774 2007-12-24T06:08:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 252438 2007-12-24T06:08:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92751 2007-12-24T06:08:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21815 2024-09-10T09:55:23.378374 application/rdf+xml 25940 2024-09-10T09:55:13.988403 image/jpeg 4272 2024-09-10T09:55:13.943391 image/jpeg 199450 2024-09-10T09:55:13.536373 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia