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The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California, Classics To Go

Horatio Alger was famous for his books featuring teenage boys who worked their way out of poverty with the help of honesty, the sweat of their brows, and quite often a bit of luck. This book was written in 1879 and was the second about our hero Tom Nelson. (Goodreads)

Jr. Horatio Alger

Horatio Alger Jr.; (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterised by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. (Wikipedia)

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