Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter
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Claire, Nicole, and Robby are achieving some local fame from shooting their historical cooking show for a Boston television station where each episode showcases a location around Massachusetts and highlights a recipe related to the location and the historical period.Their chocolate shop is bustling and they’re working on a new cookbook. One afternoon, Nicole receives a threatening message and when what is written in the note actually happens, the threesome become rattled. Other strange doings pull them into a mystery that has them walking a dark path.With the help of her friends and two Corgis...
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- RAGGED DICK SERIES FAME AND FORTUNE;
- OR,
- THE PROGRESS OF RICHARD HUNTER.
- AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "FRANK'S CAMPAIGN," "PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE," "CHARLIE CODMAN'S CRUISE," ETC.
- LORING, Publisher. Cor. Bromfield and Washington Streets. BOSTON. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by A. K. LORING, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- To MY FATHER, FROM WHOM I HAVE NEVER FAILED TO RECEIVE LITERARY SYMPATHY AND ENCOURAGEMENT, This Volume IS DEDICATED.
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE.
- FAME AND FORTUNE; OR, THE PROGRESS OF RICHARD HUNTER.
- CHAPTER I.
- A BOARDING-HOUSE IN BLEECKER STREET.
- CHAPTER II.
- INTRODUCTION TO MERCANTILE LIFE.
- CHAPTER III.
- AT THE POST-OFFICE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- LIFE AT THE BOARDING-HOUSE.
- CHAPTER V.
- DICK RECEIVES TWO VALUABLE PRESENTS.
- CHAPTER VI.
- MR. GILBERT IS ASTONISHED.
- CHAPTER VII.
- A FINANCIAL DISCUSSION.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- NEW PLANS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- ROSWELL CRAWFORD AT HOME.
- CHAPTER X.
- A STORE ON SIXTH AVENUE.
- CHAPTER XI.
- A NEW ALLIANCE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- DICK FALLS INTO A TRAP.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- DICK IN THE STATION-HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- MICKY MAGUIRE'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
- CHAPTER XV.
- THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION-HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- ROSWELL CRAWFORD RETIRES FROM BUSINESS.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- DICK'S ACQUITTAL.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE CUP AND THE LIP.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- ANOTHER ARREST.
- CHAPTER XX.
- BEFORE THE PARTY.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- IDA GREYSON'S PARTY.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- MICKY MAGUIRE RETURNS FROM THE ISLAND.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- FAME AND FORTUNE.
- HORATIO ALGER'S Successful Juvenile Books.
- Ragged Dick Books.
- Tattered Tom Books. A Continuation of the Ragged Dick Series.
- Luck and Pluck Books.
- Bold and Brave Books.
- Campaign Books.
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