Project Gutenberg 2016-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 201 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Merrill, Frank T. 1848 1923 Merrill, F. T. Merrill, Frank Thayer A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker E-text prepared by David Edwards, Andrés V. Galia, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the journey of Ben Baker, a sixteen-year-old boy from the countryside who arrives in New York City with hopes of making a fortune and learning about business. As he navigates the challenges of urban life, he encounters various characters that influence his path, including his estranged uncle, Nicholas Walton, and new friends like a kind reporter named Hugh Manton. The opening of the novel introduces Ben as he spends his first night in the city, having fallen asleep on a park bench. A policeman offers him guidance, leading him to a restaurant where he meets Manton. The young boy's situation is precarious, having just arrived in New York with little money and no place to stay. After enjoying a meal and discussing dreams of success, Ben is offered a place to sleep by Manton, setting him on a path of new adventures. The chapter hints at the complexities of family relations, as Ben's uncle, unbeknownst to him, harbors a deep secret regarding Ben's father, suggesting that his quest for fortune may involve more than just hard work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Fortune -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 376091 2025-06-21T03:34:11.375724 text/html 363865 2024-10-23T00:31:50 text/html 504539 2025-06-21T03:34:21.874705 application/epub+zip 501578 2025-06-21T03:34:13.154765 application/epub+zip 251209 2025-06-21T03:34:12.256757 application/epub+zip 600324 2025-06-21T03:34:27.886672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558396 2025-06-21T03:34:20.516737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309173 2022-09-23T17:45:45.074862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319487 2023-09-22T12:33:48.510229 text/plain 299429 2024-10-23T00:31:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16691 2025-06-21T03:34:28.198641 application/rdf+xml 17851 2025-06-21T03:34:12.393720 image/jpeg 3029 2025-06-21T03:34:12.326749 image/jpeg 423600 2025-06-21T03:34:11.445733 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 en.wikipedia