The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California

The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California
Author: Alger Horatio
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2016-06-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781318876068

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The Young Miner

The Young Miner
Author: Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1879
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN:

Through hard work and alliances with the right people, sixteen-year-old Tom Nelson enjoys success as a gold prospector in California, but his good luck may not be enough to save the family farm from foreclosure.

The Young Miner

The Young Miner
Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-05-04
Genre:
ISBN:

His companions belonged to the same party with whom he had crossed the plains, under the leadership of Phineas Fletcher, a broad-shouldered Illinois farmer, who had his family with him. Next to Tom was Donald Ferguson, a grave Scotchman, and Tom's special friend; a man of excellent principles, thoroughly reliable, and held in high respect by all though not possessed of popular manners. On the other side was Lawrence Peabody, a young Boston clerk, who had spent several years behind a dry-goods counter. He was soft and effeminate, with no talent for "roughing it," and wholly unfitted for the hard work which he had undertaken. He was deeply disappointed in his first work at gold-hunting, having come out with the vague idea that he should pick up a big nugget within a short time that would make his fortune and enable him to go home a rich man. The practical side of gold-seeking--this washing particles of dust from the dirt of the river-bed--was in the highest degree unsatisfactory and discouraging. He was not a bad fellow; and his companions, though they laughed at him, were well disposed towards him.His companions belonged to the same party with whom he had crossed the plains, under the leadership of Phineas Fletcher, a broad-shouldered Illinois farmer, who had his family with him. Next to Tom was Donald Ferguson, a grave Scotchman, and Tom's special friend; a man of excellent principles, thoroughly reliable, and held in high respect by all though not possessed of popular manners. On the other side was Lawrence Peabody, a young Boston clerk, who had spent several years behind a dry-goods counter. He was soft and effeminate, with no talent for "roughing it," and wholly unfitted for the hard work which he had undertaken. He was deeply disappointed in his first work at gold-hunting, having come out with the vague idea that he should pick up a big nugget within a short time that would make his fortune and enable him to go home a rich man. The practical side of gold-seeking--this washing particles of dust from the dirt of the river-bed--was in the highest degree unsatisfactory and discouraging. He was not a bad fellow; and his companions, though they laughed at him, were well disposed towards him.

The Young Miner

The Young Miner
Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734070694

Reproduction of the original: The Young Miner by Horatio Alger

The Fictional Republic

The Fictional Republic
Author: Carol Nackenoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 1994-04-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195344847

Investigating the persistence and place of the formulas of Horatio Alger in American politics, The Fictional Republic reassesses the Alger story in its Gilded Age context. Carol Nackenoff argues that Alger was a keen observer of the dislocations and economic pitfalls of the rapidly industrializing nation, and devised a set of symbols that addressed anxieties about power and identity. As classes were increasingly divided by wealth, life chances, residence space, and culture, Alger maintained that Americans could still belong to one estate. The story of the youth who faces threats to his virtue, power, independence, and identity stands as an allegory of the American Republic. Nackenoff examines how the Alger formula continued to shape political discourse in Reagan's America and beyond.

The Young Explorer, Or, Among the Sierras

The Young Explorer, Or, Among the Sierras
Author: Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1880
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN:

This book chronicles the adventures of Ben Stanton, a young pioneer in California. He is orphaned at age 16 and takes his inheritance and heads out West.

The Young Wild-Fowlers

The Young Wild-Fowlers
Author: Harry Castlemon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2023-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368928481

Reproduction of the original.