In the New England village of Groveton, poor Luke Larkin outskates the boys of the grammar school, including the snobbish Randolph Duncan, for the prize of a Waterbury watch. A party, a night adventure and a stolen tin box follow, and Luke has to prove his honesty while a slippery swindler tries to profit from the theft.
One of Alger’s best-known rags-to-respectability stories, the pattern of the American success myth. Download the free EPUB.