Jessie; or, Trying to be somebody
Walter Aimwell
Unknown Binding
(Gould and Lincoln [etc., etc.], March 15, 1867)
The Aimwell series interweaves various characters in a series. Interwoven in this tale is the sad story of a neighboring family, whose indolent father gradually falls into ruin and dies in disgrace, leaving a widow and two children. One of them, Jessie, is taken in by the family with whom Oscar and Marcus board and becomes the central character of the next volume, Jessie; or, Trying To Be Somebody, as she tries to better herself and keep her younger brother out of trouble. By then, Oscar has become an upstanding young man and befriends Jessie and her brother.