Title The young explorer / Horatio Alger.

Publication Info.	[Auckland] : Floating Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Note	Title from PDF cover (viewed on Sept. 11, 2012).
	"First published in 1880"--Page 2.
Summary	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.
Contents	Title; Contents; Chapter I -- Ben's Inheritance; Chapter II -- Deacon Pitkin's Offer; Chapter III -- Sam Sturgis' New Idea; Chapter IV -- A Brilliant Chance; Chapter V -- In Search of a Place; Chapter VI -- Mr. Pitch, the Senior Partner; Chapter VII -- Ben's Dinner-Guest; Chapter VIII -- A Strange Acquaintance; Chapter IX -- At the Astor House; Chapter X -- Ben Receives a Call; Chapter XI -- Miss Sinclair's Stratagem; Chapter XII -- In San Francisco; Chapter XIII -- Preliminary Arrangements; Chapter XIV -- The Canon Hotel; Chapter XV -- A Polite Hostess; Chapter XVI -- A New Acquaintance.
	Chapter XVII -- A Tight PlaceChapter XVIII -- An Evening Call; Chapter XIX -- Ben's Midnight Excursion; Chapter XX -- A Thief's Disappointment; Chapter XXI -- Ben's Savings-Bank; Chapter XXII -- The Arrival at Murphy's; Chapter XXIII -- Among the Sierras; Chapter XXIV -- Beaten at His Own Game; Chapter XXV -- The Horse-Thieves; Chapter XXVI -- What Next?; Chapter XXVII -- Ki Sing; Chapter XXVIII -- The Duel of the Miners; Chapter XXIX -- Chinese Cheap Labor; Chapter XXX -- A Midnight Visit; Chapter XXXI -- On the Mountain Path; Chapter XXXII -- The Mountain Cabin.
Subject	Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
	Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
	Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction.
	Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction.
	Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
	California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
	JUVENILE FICTION -- General.
	Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
	Gold mines and mining. (OCoLC)fst00944469
	Inheritance and succession. (OCoLC)fst00973371
	Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
	California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
	United States -- Sierra Nevada. (OCoLC)fst01310392
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Electronic books.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Other Form:	Print version: Alger, Horatio. Young Explorer : Or, Claiming His Fortune. Auckland : The Floating Press, ©2012
ISBN	9781775458494 (electronic bk.)
	1775458490 (electronic bk.)

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