The Store Boy or The Fortunes of Ben Barclay is a novel written by Horatio Alger Jr. The story follows the life of Ben Barclay, a young boy who is forced to leave his home and family to work as a store boy in a nearby town. Despite facing numerous challenges and obstacles, Ben...
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original...
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"The Store Boy" from Horatio Alger Jr.. Prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899).
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""The Store Boy or The Fortunes of Ben Barclay"" is a classic American novel written by Horatio Alger Jr. The story follows the life of a young boy named Ben Barclay who is forced to leave his home and family in the country to seek work in the city. He finds a job as a store...
1887. Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves in order to achieve the American Dream. This theme resonates throughout his numerous writings. ...
Mrs. Barclay had been a widow for five years. Her husband had been a commercial traveler, but had contracted a fever at Chicago, and died after a brief illness, without his wife having the satisfaction of ministering to him in his last days. A small sum due him from his employers...