The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success
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Excerpt from The Young Book Agent or Frank Hardy's Road to SuccessAfter reading this volume it may be thought by some that the hero, Frank Hardy, 18 above his class in tact, intelligence, and perseverance. This, however, is not true. A book agent, or, in fact, an agent of any kind, must possess all of these quali ties in a marked degree, otherwise he will um doubtedly make a failure Of the undertaking. As in every other calling, to win success one must first deserve it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....
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- E-text prepared by David Edwards, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
- THE YOUNG BOOK AGENT
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I FRANK AT HOME
- CHAPTER II DOWN AT THE WRECK
- CHAPTER III DISAGREEABLE NEWS
- CHAPTER IV THE HUNT FOR A MISSING MAN
- CHAPTER V FRANK AT THE STORE
- CHAPTER VI THE RIVAL MERCHANTS
- CHAPTER VII A FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
- CHAPTER VIII FRANK LOOKS FOR WORK
- CHAPTER IX FRANK MEETS A BOOK AGENT
- CHAPTER X FRANK GOES TO NEW YORK
- CHAPTER XI FRANK AS AN AGENT
- CHAPTER XII A BRIGHT BEGINNING
- CHAPTER XIII FRANK ON THE ROAD
- CHAPTER XIV A BOY RUNAWAY
- CHAPTER XV CAUGHT IN A STORM
- CHAPTER XVI AN IMPORTANT SALE
- CHAPTER XVII A CURIOUS HAPPENING
- CHAPTER XVIII THE WOULD-BE ACTOR
- CHAPTER XIX GIVING AN AUTOGRAPH
- CHAPTER XX FRANK’S REMARKABLE FIND
- CHAPTER XXI GABE FLECKER SHOWS HIS HAND
- CHAPTER XXII THE RIVAL BOOK AGENT
- CHAPTER XXIII NEWS FROM HOME
- CHAPTER XXIV LOST IN A COAL MINE
- CHAPTER XXV FRANK MEETS FLECKER AGAIN
- CHAPTER XXVI AN ESCAPE
- CHAPTER XXVII AT HOME ONCE MORE
- CHAPTER XXVIII FRANK STARTS FOR THE SOUTH
- CHAPTER XXIX A SCENE ON THE TRAIN
- CHAPTER XXX FRANK MEETS HIS BROTHER MARK
- CHAPTER XXXI A CLEVER CAPTURE—CONCLUSION
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