Project Gutenberg 2007-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 254 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Stratemeyer, Edward 1862 1930 Winfield, Arthur M. Steward, Ray M. Bonehill, Ralph Bonehill, Captain Ralph Dawson, Elmer A. Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See: http://www.archive.org/details/youngcaptainjack00algerich E-text prepared by David Edwards and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/c/) from page images and other digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier" by Horatio Alger, Jr. and completed by Arthur M. Winfield is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Jack Ruthven, a boy adopted by the Ruthven family and raised in a plantation in South Carolina during the Civil War. As Jack grows up, he grapples with the mysteries of his past and the implications of not being a true Ruthven, while also confronting the challenges posed by war and familial relations. The opening of the story introduces Jack as he encounters a hostile Confederate surgeon on a bridge, signaling the tension of the times. Jack's life is further complicated by the arrival of his cousin St. John, who decries Jack's status as a "nobody" and stirs up insecurities about Jack's origins. As Jack learns more about his mysterious background and the truth of his adoption, he is determined to uncover who he really is, all while remaining loyal to his foster family, especially his beloved sister, Marion. The narrative sets the stage for Jack's journey of self-discovery, the impact of the civil conflict, and the trials of youth amidst familial complexities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 325227 2025-10-08T13:16:31.079195 text/html 342599 2007-01-23T15:47:14 text/html 508343 2025-10-08T13:16:39.894156 application/epub+zip 512428 2025-10-08T13:16:34.585247 application/epub+zip 176176 2025-10-08T13:16:33.271241 application/epub+zip 780314 2025-10-08T13:16:43.693178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759445 2025-10-08T13:16:39.007317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414005 2022-09-09T14:35:26.534170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291419 2025-10-08T13:16:29.175240 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290936 2021-01-01T17:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20463 2025-10-08T13:16:43.847137 application/rdf+xml 21666 2025-10-08T13:16:33.788212 image/jpeg 4592 2025-10-08T13:16:33.531185 image/jpeg 338118 2021-01-01T17:47:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 106278 2021-01-01T17:47:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 428334 2025-10-08T13:16:31.115197 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Dixon, Franklin W. en.wikipedia en.wikipedia