A Struggle for a Fortune
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About This Book
Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 - August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gu...
Chapters (320)
- A STRUGGLE FOR A FORTUNE HARRY CASTLEMON ILLUSTRATED by W. H. FRY M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY CHICAGO
- CHAPTER I. About Money.
- CHAPTER II. A Friend In Need.
- CHAPTER III. “Mental Reservation.”
- CHAPTER IV. A Keepsake.
- CHAPTER V. Jonas Tries to Make Amends.
- CHAPTER VI. Nat Sees a Friend.
- CHAPTER VII. Mr. Graves Is Astonished.
- CHAPTER VIII. The Storekeeper Speaks.
- CHAPTER IX. Peleg Sees Enough.
- CHAPTER X. Peleg’s Ghost Story.
- CHAPTER XL Nat’s Fortune.
- CHAPTER XII. Two Brave Hunters.
- CHAPTER XIII. The Rabbit’s Foot.
- CHAPTER XIV. The Storekeeper in Action.
- CHAPTER XV. Nat Wood, Gentleman.
- CHAPTER XVI. Benny, the Tramp.
- CHAPTER XVII. Conclusion.
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