Project Gutenberg 2016-06-09 Public domain in the USA. 53 Castlemon, Harry 1842 1915 Fosdick, Charles Austin Castlemon, Henry Fry, W. H. A Struggle for a Fortune E-text prepared by David Edwards, Wayne Hammond, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com); book cover image generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library) “A Struggle for a Fortune” by Harry Castlemon is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in a rural, post-Civil War Missouri and focuses on the lives of the impoverished Keeler family, particularly the troubled dynamic between Jonas Keeler, his wife, and the elderly Mr. Nickerson, who has lived with them under questionable circumstances since the war. The narrative explores themes of greed, family dynamics, and the impact of war on personal fortunes. The opening of the novel introduces us to a grim scene in a small log cabin where the Keeler family is struggling with their finances in the aftermath of the Civil War. Jonas Keeler is frustrated over the rapid depletion of the money given to him by Mr. Nickerson, who, once a wealthy man, is now portrayed as a helpless figure living on the edge of sanity. An exchange between Jonas and his wife reveals their escalating tensions over finances and responsibilities. As Jonas grows increasingly resentful towards Mr. Nickerson, suspicion arises about hidden wealth, suggesting that Mr. Nickerson might still possess money that could change their fortunes. The emotional undercurrent sets the foundation for a complicated exploration of trust and betrayal as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction Poverty -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Courage -- Juvenile fiction Wealth -- Juvenile fiction Missouri -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 359302 358947 2024-09-21T17:26:30.241164 2023-09-22T13:53:05.742908 text/html text/html 359569 2016-06-09T16:55:54 text/html 382691 2016-06-09T16:59:29 text/html application/zip 442497 2024-09-21T17:26:36.259145 application/epub+zip 443496 2024-09-21T17:26:31.360167 application/epub+zip 174836 2024-09-21T17:26:30.791209 application/epub+zip 566402 2024-09-21T17:26:40.152118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528042 2024-09-21T17:26:35.658176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260240 2022-09-23T20:35:04.928221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314472 314144 2024-09-21T17:26:29.194180 2023-09-22T13:53:04.798889 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 314287 2020-06-14T06:32:53 text/plain; charset=utf-8 108798 2020-06-14T06:32:53 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20960 2024-09-21T17:26:40.300102 application/rdf+xml 20487 2024-09-21T17:26:30.896167 image/jpeg 3425 2024-09-21T17:26:30.844158 image/jpeg 383692 2024-09-21T17:26:30.288157 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