Project Gutenberg 2008-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 232 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio The Tin Box, and What it Contained Gary Sandino "The Tin Box, and What it Contained" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Harry Gilbert, a hardworking boy who faces challenges stemming from his socio-economic status as he interacts with the arrogant wealthy boy, Philip Ross. The novel explores themes of class conflict and morality as Harry navigates his responsibilities at home and his job at a grocery store amidst the disdain of the privileged. The opening of the book introduces Harry Gilbert, a fifteen-year-old boy who works at Mead’s grocery store to support his widowed mother after his father, a sea captain, disappeared years ago. As Harry goes about his day, he encounters Philip Ross, a haughty classmate who refuses to share the road and insists on maintaining his position in the middle, leading to a collision between their carriages. The altercation sets the stage for further conflict, as Philip’s haughty behavior and the fallout from their encounter initiate a series of events that will test Harry’s character and resilience amid class prejudice and moral dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 372918 2025-10-11T08:09:40.140905 text/html 404771 2022-04-28T14:02:00 text/html 413005 2025-10-11T08:09:45.793917 application/epub+zip 413813 2025-10-11T08:09:40.841986 application/epub+zip 242481 2025-10-11T08:09:40.473864 application/epub+zip 517484 2025-10-11T08:09:49.586910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484717 2025-10-11T08:09:45.467885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314671 2022-09-12T13:24:35.804205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335263 2025-10-11T08:09:39.462927 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334969 2022-04-28T14:05:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18744 2025-10-11T08:09:49.713820 application/rdf+xml 20956 2025-10-11T08:09:40.578892 image/jpeg 3490 2025-10-11T08:09:40.524916 image/jpeg 117028 2022-04-28T14:06:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 456674 2022-04-28T14:06:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 455316 2025-10-11T08:09:40.171938 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 en.wikipedia