Nat Nason has had enough of hard work and harder words on his uncle Abner Balberry’s farm. After a barnyard quarrel he strikes out on his own, travels by Lake Erie and Niagara Falls to New York, and learns from a smooth-talking swindler that a country lad with a little money is easy prey before he starts to earn his way honestly.
A classic rags-to-respectability tale for young readers, with the city of the 1890s as its proving ground. Download the free EPUB.