Helping Himself: Grant Thornton's Ambition
Helping Himself: In order to pay his minister father's debts, young Grant postpones his college education to take a job as a Wall Street broker's clerk. When Grant Thornton's family owes a debt of some $260, Mrs. Thornton decides to sell her pearl necklace and bracelets. She sends Grant to New York City to sell the jewels to Mr. Clifton for $400. Grant makes a second trip to New York to see Mr. Henry Reynold, a stock broker. While living in Mr. Reynold's home, Grant is accused of stealing $1,000 in bonds. Willis, also an employee of Mr. Reynold, is eventually exposed as the thief and is fired. However he in turn abducts Mr. Reynold's son, Herbert, and taking him to Illinois. Grant must travel to across the country to Illinois to rescue the boy.
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Helping Himself: Grant Thornton's Ambition
Helping Himself: In order to pay his minister father's debts, young Grant postpones his college education to take a job as a Wall Street broker's clerk. When Grant Thornton's family owes a debt of some $260, Mrs. Thornton decides to sell her pearl necklace and bracelets. She sends Grant to New York City to sell the jewels to Mr. Clifton for $400. Grant makes a second trip to New York to see Mr. Henry Reynold, a stock broker. While living in Mr. Reynold's home, Grant is accused of stealing $1,000 in bonds. Willis, also an employee of Mr. Reynold, is eventually exposed as the thief and is fired. However he in turn abducts Mr. Reynold's son, Herbert, and taking him to Illinois. Grant must travel to across the country to Illinois to rescue the boy.
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Helping Himself: Grant Thornton's Ambition

Helping Himself: Grant Thornton's Ambition

by Jr Horatio Alger
Helping Himself: Grant Thornton's Ambition

Helping Himself: Grant Thornton's Ambition

by Jr Horatio Alger

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Helping Himself: In order to pay his minister father's debts, young Grant postpones his college education to take a job as a Wall Street broker's clerk. When Grant Thornton's family owes a debt of some $260, Mrs. Thornton decides to sell her pearl necklace and bracelets. She sends Grant to New York City to sell the jewels to Mr. Clifton for $400. Grant makes a second trip to New York to see Mr. Henry Reynold, a stock broker. While living in Mr. Reynold's home, Grant is accused of stealing $1,000 in bonds. Willis, also an employee of Mr. Reynold, is eventually exposed as the thief and is fired. However he in turn abducts Mr. Reynold's son, Herbert, and taking him to Illinois. Grant must travel to across the country to Illinois to rescue the boy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781987077148
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 05/23/2019
Series: Classic Fiction for Young Adults , #84
Pages: 246
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.
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