Joe's Luck; Or, Always Wide Awake
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An orphan, Joe leaves New York to try his luck in California. He works hard in San Francisco and tries mining on the Yuba River. In Joe?s Luck, Joe had Alger?s essential virtues for success: bravery, generosity, kindness and perseverance.
Chapters (41)
- JOE’S LUCK OR ALWAYS WIDE AWAKE
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCES JOE
- CHAPTER II THE STAINED SUIT
- CHAPTER III THE RETURNED CALIFORNIAN
- CHAPTER IV JOE’S LEGACY
- CHAPTER V AT THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL
- CHAPTER VI JOE BUYS A TICKET
- CHAPTER VII JOE GETS INTO TROUBLE
- CHAPTER VIII JOE’S LUCK CHANGES
- CHAPTER IX THE FIRST DAY ON BOARD
- CHAPTER X THE DETECTED THIEF
- CHAPTER XI JOE ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO
- CHAPTER XII JOE FINDS A JOB
- CHAPTER XIII JOE’S HOTEL
- CHAPTER XIV JOE’S SECOND DAY
- CHAPTER XV THE FOILED ASSASSIN
- CHAPTER XVI JOE’S NEW FRIEND
- CHAPTER XVII JOE STARTS IN BUSINESS
- CHAPTER XVIII MR. HOGAN’S PROPOSAL
- CHAPTER XIX THE UNLUCKY MINER
- CHAPTER XX HOGAN MEETS A CONGENIAL SPIRIT
- CHAPTER XXI READY FOR MISCHIEF
- CHAPTER XXII CHECKMATED
- CHAPTER XXIII NOT WHOLLY BLACK
- CHAPTER XXIV MR. BICKFORD, OF PUMPKIN HOLLOW
- CHAPTER XXV THE MAN FROM PIKE COUNTY
- CHAPTER XXVI A DESPERADO
- CHAPTER XXVII TWO TRAGIC STORIES
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE EVENTS OF A NIGHT
- CHAPTER XXIX JOHN CHINAMAN
- CHAPTER XXX ON THE YUBA RIVER
- CHAPTER XXXI JUDGE LYNCH PRONOUNCES SENTENCE
- CHAPTER XXXII TAKING ACCOUNT OF STOCK
- CHAPTER XXXIII A STARTLING TABLEAU
- CHAPTER XXXIV A GRIZZLY ON THE WAR-PATH
- CHAPTER XXXV THE NEW DIGGINGS
- CHAPTER XXXVI HOGAN’S DISCONTENT
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE NUGGET IS STOLEN
- CHAPTER XXXVIII HOGAN’S FATE
- CHAPTER XXXIX HOW JOE’S BUSINESS PROSPERED
- CHAPTER XL JOE’S WELCOME HOME
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