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Wait and win

Jr. Horatio Alger

1908279 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1908
first published
  • 1908A.L. Burt · 279 pages · ENG
  • 1979G.K. Westgard II · 279 pages · ENG
  • 2005Polyglot Press · ENGISBN 9781411500662

After his parents die of a fatal fever and his home is sold, sixteen-year-old Jack sets off to seek his fortune, eventually going to sea on a ship bound for the Indies.

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