Project Gutenberg 2008-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 74 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Ben's Nugget; Or, A Boy's Search For Fortune Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Ben's Nugget; Or, A Boy's Search For Fortune" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the journey of a young boy named Ben Stanton as he searches for fortune in the goldfields of California. The narrative features themes of adventure, friendship, and the pursuit of success while showcasing the challenges faced by miners during that era. The opening of the story sets the stage in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Ben Stanton and his companion, Jake Bradley, are mining gold on a claim belonging to Richard Dewey, who is laid up with a sprained ankle. Ben and Jake discuss their findings and the prospect of earning a substantial amount of gold-dust, while Dewey expresses his longing to reunite with his betrothed, Florence Douglas. As the story unfolds, the loyal attendant Ki Sing goes missing, leading Ben and Jake to suspect he may have encountered trouble from unscrupulous characters. This unexpected turn hints at potential conflict and adventure as Ben prepares to face the dangers of the mining world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 311647 311656 2024-09-11T05:01:55.720652 2023-09-11T08:30:18.923758 text/html text/html 316306 2021-01-03T14:01:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 264709 2021-01-03T14:01:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 282061 2024-09-11T05:02:02.207585 application/epub+zip 283861 2024-09-11T05:01:56.823650 application/epub+zip 188349 2024-09-11T05:01:56.230632 application/epub+zip 470089 2024-09-11T05:02:06.286572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419755 2024-09-11T05:02:01.526565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270381 2022-09-12T03:58:53.216703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268261 268171 2024-09-11T05:01:54.464667 2023-09-11T08:30:17.783647 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 268048 2021-01-03T14:01:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98607 2021-01-03T14:01:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19371 2024-09-11T05:02:06.423553 application/rdf+xml 24996 2024-09-11T05:01:56.325618 image/jpeg 4194 2024-09-11T05:01:56.277623 image/jpeg 263565 2024-09-11T05:01:55.752596 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