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 Project Gutenberg 2008-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 314 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains Produced by Fox in the Stars, Brenda Lewis, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around a young boy named Tom, who aspires to seek his fortune in California during the gold rush era. The narrative explores themes of adventure, responsibility, and the pursuit of dreams, following Tom as he embarks on a journey filled with challenges and encounters that will test his character. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Tom Nelson and his family's struggles on their farm, burdened by financial difficulties. Tom, eager to change his fate and help his family, resolves to leave home and follow his dreams. After finding a wallet filled with money belonging to the wealthy Squire Hudson, Tom chooses to return it, which leads to an opportunity for him to borrow money for his expedition to California. As the opening unfolds, Tom's strong moral compass is established, setting the stage for his adventures and the people he will meet along the way, including potential allies and adversaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Fiction Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Fiction Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Fiction PZ PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 311029 2025-06-11T09:10:01.601522 text/html 313466 2021-01-04T09:52:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 195846 2021-01-04T09:52:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 213223 2025-06-11T09:10:08.298533 application/epub+zip 215347 2025-06-11T09:10:02.749493 application/epub+zip 174054 2025-06-11T09:10:02.146501 application/epub+zip 344616 2025-06-11T09:10:12.610502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302504 2025-06-11T09:10:07.682506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261403 2022-09-12T13:49:51.201107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268888 2025-06-11T09:10:00.270550 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268665 2021-01-04T09:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97322 2021-01-04T09:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20042 2025-06-11T09:10:12.771433 application/rdf+xml 27976 2025-06-11T09:10:02.251485 image/jpeg 3908 2025-06-11T09:10:02.198512 image/jpeg 195193 2025-06-11T09:10:01.635493 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia