Book Excerpt: ... door was slammed in his face, and, angry and disappointed, he walked slowly out of the tavern yard.CHAPTER IIITHE WIND BROUGHT GOOD LUCKJohn Trafton was sitting out on the porch of the tavern when his nephew came out of ...
This work presents a "rags to riches" story by Horatio Alger, Jr., who popularized this idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for how America considered itself as a country.