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The Resource The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success, by Horatio Alger, Jr
The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success, by Horatio Alger, Jr
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The item The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success, by Horatio Alger, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success, by Horatio Alger, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
- Sixteen-year-old Philip Brent leaves his small hometown to seek his fortune in 1880s New York after his spiteful stepmother reveals that instead of being his late father's beloved only son, he is of unknown parentage and must fend for himself
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 281, 27, [3] pages
- Note
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- Publisher's catalogue follows text
- Illustrated frontispiece
- Label
- The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success
- Title
- The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success
- Statement of responsibility
- by Horatio Alger, Jr
- Title variation
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- Errand boy
- How Phil Brent won success
- Subject
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- 1865 - 1898
- Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Diligence
- Diligence -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- History
- History
- Impostors and imposture
- Impostors and imposture -- Juvenile fiction
- Inheritance and succession
- Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile literature -- 1888
- Juvenile works
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York
- Orphans
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-reliance
- Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepmothers
- Stepmothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Street life
- Street life -- Juvenile fiction
- Success
- Success -- Juvenile fiction
- Youth -- Conduct of life
- Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Youth -- Conduct of life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sixteen-year-old Philip Brent leaves his small hometown to seek his fortune in 1880s New York after his spiteful stepmother reveals that instead of being his late father's beloved only son, he is of unknown parentage and must fend for himself
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1832-1899
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alger, Horatio
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.A395
- Literary form
- short stories
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Youth
- Conduct of life
- Self-reliance
- Orphans
- Street life
- Stepmothers
- Inheritance and succession
- Diligence
- Success
- Impostors and imposture
- Fathers and sons
- Conduct of life
- Diligence
- Fathers and sons
- Impostors and imposture
- Inheritance and succession
- Orphans
- Self-reliance
- Stepmothers
- Street life
- Success
- Youth
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success, by Horatio Alger, Jr
- Note
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- Publisher's catalogue follows text
- Illustrated frontispiece
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Extent
- 281, 27, [3] pages
- Lccn
- 38035060
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center's copy gift of Horatio Alger Association; pictorial front cover and spine.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm17400360
- (OCoLC)17400360
- Label
- The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success, by Horatio Alger, Jr
- Note
-
- Publisher's catalogue follows text
- Illustrated frontispiece
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Extent
- 281, 27, [3] pages
- Lccn
- 38035060
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center's copy gift of Horatio Alger Association; pictorial front cover and spine.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm17400360
- (OCoLC)17400360
Subject
- 1865 - 1898
- Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Diligence
- Diligence -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- History
- History
- Impostors and imposture
- Impostors and imposture -- Juvenile fiction
- Inheritance and succession
- Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile literature -- 1888
- Juvenile works
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York
- Orphans
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-reliance
- Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepmothers
- Stepmothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Street life
- Street life -- Juvenile fiction
- Success
- Success -- Juvenile fiction
- Youth -- Conduct of life
- Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Youth -- Conduct of life
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