Project Gutenberg 2021-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 126 Barbour, Ralph Henry 1870 1944 Barbour, R. H. (Ralph Henry) Chickering, Charles R. (Charles Ransom) 1891 1970 Chickering, Charles Ransom 14004305 Benton's Venture Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Benton's Venture" by Ralph Henry Barbour is a young adult novel written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the ambitions and entrepreneurial spirit of a high school student named Tom Benton, who dreams of buying and fixing up a dilapidated automobile to start a business. Through the eyes of Tom and his friend Willard, it explores themes of friendship, determination, and the desire to make money through innovative ideas. The opening of "Benton's Venture" introduces us to Tom Benton, a seventeen-year-old with aspirations for entrepreneurship. After a chance encounter with an automobile dealer, Tom becomes fascinated with the idea of buying an old, rundown car and using it to transport passengers from the train station to local destinations, which he believes would be profitable. Tom shares his plans with his friend Willard Morris, who becomes intrigued by the idea and suggests they go into business together, pooling their resources to buy the car. As they discuss the feasibility of this venture, we see Tom grappling with challenges including financial limitations and the expectations of his father, who advises caution despite Tom's enthusiasm and belief in his potential success. This sets the stage for an engaging tale of youthful ambition and partnership. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories New York (State) -- Fiction Teenage boys -- Fiction Automobiles -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 456690 2025-07-26T09:39:17.049980 text/html 436335 2024-10-18T16:44:05 text/html 1150910 2025-07-26T09:39:24.735944 application/epub+zip 1148259 2025-07-26T09:39:18.274961 application/epub+zip 273540 2025-07-26T09:39:17.665946 application/epub+zip 1266117 2025-07-26T09:39:29.297916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1218272 2025-07-26T09:39:24.056962 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344258 2022-09-29T21:36:17.086207 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413150 2025-07-26T09:39:15.978000 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 393335 2024-10-18T16:44:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18093 2025-07-26T09:39:29.445904 application/rdf+xml 25605 2025-07-26T09:39:17.773968 image/jpeg 3736 2025-07-26T09:39:17.718967 image/jpeg 1080211 2025-07-26T09:39:17.119018 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