Project Gutenberg 2009-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 402 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Ben, the Luggage Boy; Or, Among the Wharves Produced by Taavi Kalju, Woodie4, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the adventures of a young boy named Ben who has run away from home and is trying to make a life for himself in the bustling streets of New York City. As Ben navigates through challenges such as making a living and sustaining himself, he encounters various characters that highlight the struggles and aspirations of street children during that time. The opening of the novel introduces Ben as a young luggage boy, waiting on the wharves for the chance to earn a few cents by carrying the baggage of incoming passengers. Through his interactions with other street children and an elderly lady, we get a glimpse of Ben’s humorous resilience and street smarts, as well as his ambition to better his circumstances despite his difficult living situation. Ben's initial confidence, combined with the realities of survival in a competitive urban environment, sets the stage for a tale that explores themes of hardship, friendship, and the pursuit of dreams in a challenging world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Runaways -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 354220 2025-06-11T15:56:36.963926 text/html 361238 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 259715 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278656 2025-06-11T15:56:45.072904 application/epub+zip 279964 2025-06-11T15:56:38.675947 application/epub+zip 182534 2025-06-11T15:56:37.734941 application/epub+zip 476023 2025-06-11T15:56:49.523874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432147 2025-06-11T15:56:43.908905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343297 2022-09-13T08:40:04.361738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315818 2025-06-11T15:56:35.843968 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315626 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116433 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315617 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116413 2021-01-04T21:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20929 2025-06-11T15:56:49.689870 application/rdf+xml 32729 2025-06-11T15:56:37.842964 image/jpeg 5156 2025-06-11T15:56:37.789933 image/jpeg 258098 2025-06-11T15:56:37.000923 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