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Reproduction of the original: Brave and Bold by Horatio Alger

The adventures of a boy who is cast upon the Atlantic shore of a Southern State and taken into the home of one of the leading families. The youth grows up as a member of the family, knowing little or nothing of his past. Set at the time of the Civil War, fears of battle and bloodshed fill him and his adopted clan.

Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's stories empathize the need for hard work and honesty as a way to get ahead. Alger describes young men in the city trying to get a head as newsboys, match boys, peddlers, street musicians, and many others. Phil Brent lived with his stepmother and her son. He leaves his small town to seek his fortune in New York after his stepmother reveals that instead of being his late father's beloved only son, he is of unknown parentage and must fend for himself.

This volume includes two works by Horatio Alger: "Struggling Upward," a rags-to-riches tale, and the long poem "Nothing To Do."

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Ben Barclay checked the horse he was driving and looked attentively at the speaker. He was a stout-built, dark-complexioned man, with a beard of a week's growth, wearing an old and dirty suit, which would have reduced any tailor to despair if taken to him for cleaning and repairs. A loose hat, with a torn crown, surmounted a singularly ill-favored visage. "A tramp, and a hard looking one!" said Ben to himself. He hesitated about answering, being naturally reluctant to have such a traveling companion. "Well, what do you say?" demanded the tramp rather impatiently. "There's plenty of room on that seat, and I'm dead tired."