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 Project Gutenberg 2009-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 197 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Ben, the Luggage Boy; Or, Among the Wharves Produced by Taavi Kalju, Woodie4, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the adventures of a young boy named Ben who has run away from home and is trying to make a life for himself in the bustling streets of New York City. As Ben navigates through challenges such as making a living and sustaining himself, he encounters various characters that highlight the struggles and aspirations of street children during that time. The opening of the novel introduces Ben as a young luggage boy, waiting on the wharves for the chance to earn a few cents by carrying the baggage of incoming passengers. Through his interactions with other street children and an elderly lady, we get a glimpse of Ben’s humorous resilience and street smarts, as well as his ambition to better his circumstances despite his difficult living situation. Ben's initial confidence, combined with the realities of survival in a competitive urban environment, sets the stage for a tale that explores themes of hardship, friendship, and the pursuit of dreams in a challenging world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Runaways -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 354086 354096 2024-09-12T08:35:15.672815 2023-09-12T11:48:25.588822 text/html text/html 361238 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 259715 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278429 2024-09-12T08:35:23.502758 application/epub+zip 279974 2024-09-12T08:35:17.230782 application/epub+zip 182536 2024-09-12T08:35:16.396852 application/epub+zip 476087 2024-09-12T08:35:27.854771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432147 2024-09-12T08:35:22.410798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343297 2022-09-13T08:40:04.361738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315818 315585 2024-09-12T08:35:14.340823 2023-09-12T11:48:24.427821 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 315626 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116433 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315617 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116413 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20739 2024-09-12T08:35:28.000725 application/rdf+xml 32729 2024-09-12T08:35:16.505789 image/jpeg 5156 2024-09-12T08:35:16.449798 image/jpeg 258086 2024-09-12T08:35:15.710815 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia