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Grade 4-6

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Robert Coverdale's Struggle: Or, On The Wave Of Success

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Nov. 24, 2013)

My story opens in a small fishing village on the coast of one of the New England States. Robert Coverdale, whom I have briefly introduced, is the young hero whose fortunes I propose to record.

He is a strong, well-made boy, with a frank, honest face, embrowned by exposure to the sun and wind, with bright and fearless eyes and a manly look. I am afraid his dress would not qualify him to appear to advantage in a drawing-room. He wore a calico shirt and well-patched trousers of great antiquity and stockings and cowhide shoes sadly in need of repairs.

Some of my well-dressed boy readers, living in cities and large towns, may be disposed to turn up their noses at this ragged boy and wonder at my taste in choosing such a hero.

But Robert had manly traits, and, in spite of his poor clothes, possessed energy, talent, honesty and a resolute will, and a boy so endowed cannot be considered poor, though he does not own a dollar, which was precisely Robert's case. Indeed, I may go further and say that never in the course of his life of fifteen years had he been able to boast the ownership of a hundred cents. John Trafton, his uncle, was a fisherman. His small house, or cabin, was picturesquely situated on the summit of a cliff, at the foot of which rolled the ocean waves, and commanded a fine sea view.

That was perhaps its only recommendation, for it was not only small, but furnished in the plainest and scantiest style. The entire furniture of the house would not have brought twenty-five dollars at auction, yet for twenty-five years it had been the home of John and Jane Trafton and for twelve years of their nephew, Robert.

My readers will naturally ask if the fisherman had no children of his own. There was a son who, if living, would be twenty-three years old, but years before he had left home, and whether Ben Trafton was living or dead, who could tell? Nothing had been heard of him for five years.

Robert Coverdale's Struggle by Horatio Alger tells the story of Robert Coverdale who lived with his uncle and aunt during his childhood. The story in the opening part shows how the boy's aunt tries to teach him that he should not follow the steps of his uncle who drinks up all he earns. Right at the outset the readers get ready for the story which begins to prepare them for the following chapters which describe the poor boy's journey through struggles and how he succeeds in rising high in the society. It is a highly compelling novel and young readers will savor every moment of the story.

ISBN
1494266059 / 9781494266059
Pages
298
Weight
17.6 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.7 in.

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