Ben Bruce is a bright, fearless boy who will not cower before his stern stepfather, the farmer Jacob Winter. After an explosion, a midnight call and a disappointed burglar, Ben decides to leave home, becomes an unexpected hero in Boston, dines in Mount Vernon Street, meets a poet, and sends home money that astonishes his anxious mother.
A characteristic Alger rise-by-pluck story with plenty of incident. Download the free EPUB.