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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.Tom is a fifteen year old boy who lives in New... Read Full Overview

"How do you feel this morning, Jacob?" asked a boy of fifteen, bending over an old man crouched in the corner of an upper room, in a poor tenement-house, distant less than a quarter of a mile from the New York City Hall. "Weak, Tom," whined the old man, in reply. "I-I ain't got... Read Full Overview

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Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important,... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
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The Western Boy: Or Tom, The Bootblack is a novel written by Horatio Alger and first published in 1900. The story follows the life of Tom Temple, a young orphan boy who is forced to work as a bootblack on the streets of New York City. Despite his difficult circumstances, Tom... Read Full Overview

Tom, The Bootblack: Or The Road To Success is a novel written by Horatio Alger Jr. in 1905. The story revolves around the life of a young orphan boy named Tom, who works as a bootblack to earn a living. Tom is determined to make something of himself and strives to overcome the... Read Full Overview

Tom, The Bootblack: Or The Road To Success is a novel written by Horatio Alger Jr. and first published in 1905. The story follows the journey of Tom, a young boy who works as a bootblack in the streets of New York City. Despite his humble beginnings and the challenges he faces,... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

The Western Boy: Or Tom, The Bootblack is a novel written by Horatio Alger and published in 1900. The story revolves around the life of Tom, a young boy who works as a bootblack in the streets of New York City. Despite his lowly status, Tom is determined to rise above his circumstances... Read Full Overview

Tom is a fifteen year old boy who lives in New York City with an old man named Jacob in Mrs. Flanagan's rooming house. They pose as grandfather and grandson, but, while Tom understands that they are no real relation, he knows nothing about his real family. Tom makes a living... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview