Project Gutenberg 2016-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 100 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Merrill, Frank T. 1848 1923 Merrill, F. T. Merrill, Frank Thayer A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker E-text prepared by David Edwards, Andrés V. Galia, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the journey of Ben Baker, a sixteen-year-old boy from the countryside who arrives in New York City with hopes of making a fortune and learning about business. As he navigates the challenges of urban life, he encounters various characters that influence his path, including his estranged uncle, Nicholas Walton, and new friends like a kind reporter named Hugh Manton. The opening of the novel introduces Ben as he spends his first night in the city, having fallen asleep on a park bench. A policeman offers him guidance, leading him to a restaurant where he meets Manton. The young boy's situation is precarious, having just arrived in New York with little money and no place to stay. After enjoying a meal and discussing dreams of success, Ben is offered a place to sleep by Manton, setting him on a path of new adventures. The chapter hints at the complexities of family relations, as Ben's uncle, unbeknownst to him, harbors a deep secret regarding Ben's father, suggesting that his quest for fortune may involve more than just hard work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Fortune -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 376218 375954 2024-09-21T15:58:05.984391 2023-09-22T12:33:50.698251 text/html text/html 384686 2016-05-07T11:31:31 text/html 424701 2016-05-07T11:34:14 text/html application/zip 505023 2024-09-21T15:58:15.747347 application/epub+zip 501935 2024-09-21T15:58:07.641381 application/epub+zip 251567 2024-09-21T15:58:06.803429 application/epub+zip 607523 2024-09-21T15:58:20.896277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558830 2024-09-21T15:58:14.761322 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309173 2022-09-23T17:45:45.074862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319680 319487 2024-09-21T15:58:03.892398 2023-09-22T12:33:48.510229 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 319526 2016-05-07T11:27:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 117071 2016-05-07T11:27:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 319533 2016-05-07T11:27:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 117071 2016-05-07T11:27:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21267 2024-09-21T15:58:21.043268 application/rdf+xml 17851 2024-09-21T15:58:06.936347 image/jpeg 3029 2024-09-21T15:58:06.868346 image/jpeg 423631 2024-09-21T15:58:06.024350 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 en.wikipedia