Project Gutenberg 2016-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 115 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Digging for Gold: A Story of California E-text prepared by KD Weeks, David Edwards, 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) "Digging for Gold: A Story of California" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a young boy named Grant Colburn, whose life is filled with hardships as he works diligently on his stepfather's farm in Iowa. The narrative begins with Grant's longing for a decent suit of clothes for his sixteenth birthday and hints at his dreams of venturing to California during the Gold Rush, where he believes a better life awaits him. At the start of the novel, Grant is introduced as a hardworking and determined young man, struggling under the oppressive thumb of his miserly stepfather, Seth Tarbox. Despite the tough circumstances at home, Grant's aspirations are ignited when he learns about a local boy who struck it rich in California. He bravely confronts his stepfather about his need for new clothes, reveals his indignation at the lack of support from a man who possesses wealth, and dreams about finding fortune out West. The opening chapters set the stage for Grant's eventual journey towards California, emphasizing themes of ambition, social class disparities, and the quest for a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poor -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction Miners -- Juvenile fiction Farmers -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Business enterprises -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 478026 477771 2024-09-22T06:18:08.080685 2023-09-23T04:53:52.319302 text/html text/html 481591 2016-09-19T22:19:20 text/html 808349 2016-09-19T22:22:37 text/html application/zip 969803 2024-09-22T06:18:19.100630 application/epub+zip 966469 2024-09-22T06:18:10.093677 application/epub+zip 261852 2024-09-22T06:18:09.081682 application/epub+zip 1075609 2024-09-22T06:18:24.769604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1035177 2024-09-22T06:18:17.903675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332019 2022-09-24T05:22:50.112006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371632 371427 2024-09-22T06:18:05.589882 2023-09-23T04:53:49.675272 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 371511 2020-06-13T23:03:31 text/plain; charset=utf-8 127210 2020-06-13T23:03:31 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 21356 2024-09-22T06:18:24.922600 application/rdf+xml 17794 2024-09-22T06:18:09.200692 image/jpeg 2219 2024-09-22T06:18:09.141680 image/jpeg 816646 2024-09-22T06:18:08.135705 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