The Erie Train Boy

Written by Horatio Alger Jr

A young bookseller's quick thinking changes his fate after a train accident.

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160 pages

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Sixteen-year-old Paul Palmer sells books on the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad to support his family. When he thwarts a pickpocket and survives a deadly train accident, his life takes an unexpected turn. A grateful merchant offers him a chance at a new future. Can Paul navigate this opportunity and rise to business success? Discover how a single moment can alter the course of a young man's life in this inspiring tale of courage and ambition.

From the publisher

Paul Palmer was a wide-awake boy of sixteen who supported his mother and sister by selling books and papers on the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad. He detects a young man in the act of picking the pocket of a young lady. In a railway accident many passengers are killed, but Paul is fortunate enough to assist a Chicago merchant, who out of gratitude takes him into his employ. Paul succeeds with tact and judgment and is well started on the road to business prominence. Horatio Alger, Jr. authored about seventy books. He was the son of a clergyman, graduated from Harvard. His stories are pure, inspiring and as endearing today as they were when first published.

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