[Gutenberg 55598] • Shifting For Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes
- Authors
- Alger-Jr., Horatio
- Publisher
- Polyglot Press
- Tags
- bildungsromans , teenage boys -- juvenile fiction , swindlers and swindling -- juvenile fiction , success -- juvenile fiction , orphans -- juvenile fiction , poverty -- juvenile fiction , new york (n.y.) -- juvenile fiction , city and town life -- juvenile fiction , conduct of life -- juvenile fiction
- ISBN
- 9781411500457
- Date
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.61 MB
- Lang
- en
Informed by his guardian that he is no longer rich and must leave school to work for a living, newly-poor, sixteen-year-old Gilbert Greyson soon learns the value of good character, honesty, and friendship as he struggles to make a new life for himself in 1870's New York City.