When Philip Gray is left alone in the world, the pompous Squire Pope decides the boy should be sent to the poorhouse, whatever his gentle wife may say. Philip has been tenderly reared and owns a treasured violin, and rather than accept life as a pauper he escapes, earning his way from village to village with his music while enemies plot against him.
A classic Alger tale of pluck and self-reliance for young readers and collectors of American boys’ fiction. Download the free EPUB.