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Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys

by Horatio Alger Jr.

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.Horatio Alger Jr.(1832 – 1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, including four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with ‘William Taylor Adams’, a boys’ author, changed Alger’s interest to writing for the juvenile market.Charlie Codman’s Cruise is one of Horatio Alger’s earlier ‘formula’ written books for boys. As with all of the author’s juvenile tales, it is a ‘rags to riches’, delightful, yet simple story, following Charlie Codman’s abduction from his impoverished mother, through his travels and travails aboard shi...

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