Bound To Rise

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Bound To RiseISBN13:9781461071549ISBN10:1461071542Author:Alger, Horatio (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Bound To Rise By Horatio Alger The Hero, Henry Walton, Is The Oldest Of Six Children, And Is Described As A Broad-Shouldered, Sturdy Boy, With A Frank, Open Face, Resolute, Though Good-Natured (12) Regarding His Education, The Narrator Allows That Though A Tolerably Good Scholar, Henry Walton] Was Deficient In Many Respects, On Account Of The Limited Nature Of His Opportunities (17) Although He Lives With Both His Parents At The Start Of This Tale, They Are A Very Poor Family, And Their Only Cow Is Near Death Hiram Walton, Henry's Father, Is Revealed To Be Responsible In Part For The Family's Lack Of Success And Security; He Is One Of Those Men Who, For Some Unaccountable Reason, Never Get On In The World Do Not Have The Knack Of Conquering Fortune (12) When The Family's Cow Dies, Hiram Goes To Borrow Money From Miser Squire Green To Buy A New One Green Takes Advantage Of His Borrower's Need And Charges An Extravagant Rate Of Interest Meanwhile, At The Local School, Henry Performs Admirably At His Exams He Wins A Book, A Biography Of Benjamin Franklin Inspired By The Tale, He Decides To Leave Town To Earn Money To Pay For The Cow From Northern New Hampshire, He Sets Out To The South Eventually He Comes To A Slightly Larger Town And Gets A Job Replacing A Young Man Named Bob Leavitt, Who Is Leaving His Father's Shoe-Making Business To Work In His Uncle's Dry Goods Store In Boston In The Shoe Shop, He Works With Spendthrift Luke Harrison, Who Calls Henry Walton A Miser For Refusing To Play Billiards Henry Walton Goes To The Library Instead As Winter Nears, Henry Regrets That He Cannot Afford An Overcoat He Explains His Situation, When Pressed, To A Gentleman Named Maurice Tudor Impressed By His Honorable Motivations, Maurice Gives Him An Old Overcoat He Owns, As Well As Two Suits Of Very Fine Quality Henry's One Major Investment Is To Pay Tuition To Study With Other Children In Evening School Under Leonard Morgan, A Twenty-Two-Year-Old Dartmouth Student Henry Performs Admirably, Taking To Latin Astonishingly Well The First Major Conflict Of The Novel Occurs When Henry, Refusing An Offer To Go On A Sleigh Ride With Luke And Some Other Young People, Drops His Pocket Book Luke Picks It Up The Loss Of All His Money Throws Henry Into Despair, Until He Begins To Suspect Luke Of Stealing It Aided By Mr Leavitt And The Tailor, Henry Traps Luke In His Own Lies; He Recovers Some Of His Money Although Luke Agrees To Pay The Rest, He Claims He Lost It, And Begins To Save His Wages To Run Away He Does, And Henry Is Thus Farther Away From His Goal Than He Had Been Before Away From His Goal To Worsen Matters, The Shoe-Market Is Glutted, And Henry Cannot Work He Begins To Fear For His Family Luckily, Henry Is Taken In By A Patron, A Traveling Magician, Named Professor Henderson He Is Employed To Work As A Ticket Boy For Very High Wages The Opportunity To Travel Also Affords Henry To Broaden His Ambition In One Town, Centreville, The Professor Sends Henry To Get Bills Printed For The Next Evening's Show While At The Newspaper, Henry Is Offered A Job (And An Opportunity To Emulate His Hero Benjamin Franklin It Is A Step Down In Pay, But He Looks Ahead To Consider What The Eventual Gains May Be (University Of Rochester Library) Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2011-07-09Weight:0.69 lbsDimensions:0.27'' H x 11.02'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:128Language:English

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