The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1880. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2317965
No jacket. Ink name on front free endpaper, pages lightly toned.
285 pp. After rejecting job offers from condescending and exploitative employers, sixteen-year-old Ben Stanton, a resourceful and self-reliant orphan, ventures out West to California to seek his fortune. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author whose principal output was formulaic juvenile novels that followed the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children in their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort. His novels were hugely popular in their day."
Price: $15.00