Project Gutenberg 2006-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 90 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger "Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a determined young street merchant named Paul Hoffman, who engages in selling prize packages filled with candy and the prospect of prizes. Paul navigates the challenges of street life, including competition and unscrupulous rivals, while striving to support his family and improve their circumstances. The opening of the book introduces Paul enthusiastically promoting his prize packages to a crowd of young boys in New York City. As he sells each package, we see his resourcefulness and ambition in action, despite the skepticism of some customers about the hidden prizes. After a successful morning, Paul returns home to share his earnings with his mother and explores business strategies to improve his sales. The narrative hints at his struggles against competition and personal adversities as he tries to create a better life for himself and his family, setting the stage for a series of moral challenges and growth as he continues his street trading endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction Business enterprises -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 336795 336804 2024-09-01T06:21:09.957909 2023-10-01T05:59:45.820190 text/html text/html 358538 2021-01-27T23:35:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 102400 2021-01-27T23:35:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 168453 2024-09-01T06:21:16.703904 application/epub+zip 173250 2024-09-01T06:21:11.720884 application/epub+zip 173251 2024-09-01T06:21:10.697902 application/epub+zip 423146 2024-09-01T06:21:20.396845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394696 2024-09-01T06:21:15.964863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394843 2022-09-01T06:53:40.828724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263269 263243 2024-09-01T06:21:08.828941 2023-10-01T05:59:44.680158 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 271084 2018-03-03T12:19:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 95442 2018-03-19T12:33:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 263053 2006-03-18T16:19:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 94565 2006-03-18T16:22:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21068 2024-09-01T06:21:20.546832 application/rdf+xml 22741 2024-09-01T06:21:11.069885 image/jpeg 4499 2024-09-01T06:21:10.885917 image/jpeg 164134 2024-09-01T06:21:09.982904 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