Project Gutenberg 2018-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 176 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Shute, A. B. (Augustus Burnham) 1851 1906 Shute, A. Burnham Shute, Augustus Burnham The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success E-text prepared by David Edwards, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the protagonist, Frank Hardy, a young boy who is thrust into the role of a book agent due to his family's misfortunes. As he embarks on this new path, he learns valuable lessons about perseverance, responsibility, and the challenges of earning a living. At the start of the book, Frank is introduced as an optimistic sixteen-year-old boy living with his family. The narrative establishes the family's struggles, particularly concerning Frank's father, who has been injured in a train accident, and the impending financial troubles due to a business rival's deceit. As Frank seeks to help his family, he considers the profession of a book agent, leading to an encounter with experienced agents that fuels his determination to succeed despite the odds stacked against him. The opening sets a stage filled with both familial love and the harsh realities of economic hardship, framing Frank's journey toward independence and success. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 93.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Young men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Bildungsromans New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Traveling sales personnel -- Juvenile fiction Bankruptcy -- Juvenile fiction Selling -- Books -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 388274 2025-06-22T14:36:32.913380 text/html 388853 2018-03-16T13:34:54 text/html 609836 2025-06-22T14:36:40.988304 application/epub+zip 609100 2025-06-22T14:36:34.174322 application/epub+zip 209343 2025-06-22T14:36:33.523296 application/epub+zip 708105 2025-06-22T14:36:45.655270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 683321 2025-06-22T14:36:40.398288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273906 2022-08-25T14:23:30.490296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323483 2025-06-22T14:36:31.394335 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 323299 2020-06-14T23:35:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21231 2025-06-22T14:36:45.812270 application/rdf+xml 27251 2025-06-22T14:36:33.635319 image/jpeg 4363 2025-06-22T14:36:33.579311 image/jpeg 111997 2020-06-14T23:35:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 561604 2018-03-16T13:36:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 562651 2025-06-22T14:36:32.964355 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