Project Gutenberg 2008-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 118 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a young boy named Tom, who earns a living as a bootblack in New York City while caring for an elderly man named Jacob, who he believes to be his grandfather. The narrative sets the stage for themes of perseverance, hope, and the quest for personal success, reflecting the typical rags-to-riches motif prevalent in Alger's works. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Tom and his humble life as he provides for himself and Jacob. Tom's character is painted as energetic and determined, embodying the spirit of independence as he balances work and familial care. After a brief interaction with Mrs. Flanagan, a kind neighbor who assists with their meals, Tom heads out to earn his daily wage. Meanwhile, Jacob is revealed to be a miser, secretly hoarding a small stash of money while pretending to be impoverished. This complex dynamic foreshadows significant developments as Tom's resourcefulness is tested, and Jacob's secrets come to light, setting a course for Tom's impending adventures and search for his identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Boys -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 372157 371915 2024-10-11T09:42:24.072025 2023-09-11T12:01:18.557856 text/html text/html 389293 2021-01-03T23:51:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 371057 2021-01-03T23:51:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 518447 2024-10-11T09:42:33.521985 application/epub+zip 522966 2024-10-11T09:42:27.462029 application/epub+zip 191230 2024-10-11T09:42:26.117018 application/epub+zip 747368 2024-10-11T09:42:38.102957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 726954 2024-10-11T09:42:32.676007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381042 2022-08-12T07:35:25.819270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340700 340494 2024-10-11T09:42:21.848038 2023-09-11T12:01:16.694805 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 340487 2021-01-03T23:51:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124309 2021-01-03T23:51:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20390 2024-10-11T09:42:38.234958 application/rdf+xml 14998 2024-10-11T09:42:26.697011 image/jpeg 3593 2024-10-11T09:42:26.409089 image/jpeg 438677 2024-10-11T09:42:24.113047 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