{"product_id":"ben-the-luggage-boy-horatio-alger","title":"Ben, the Luggage Boy — Horatio Alger Jr.","description":"\u003csection class=\"nile-epub-preview\" style=\"margin-top:24px;padding:18px;border:1px solid #d9cdbd;border-radius:10px;background:#faf8f4;\"\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eRead an EPUB preview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"margin:0;padding-left:16px;border-left:3px solid #b79b75;color:#403a34;line-height:1.65;;display:block;column-count:1;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How much yer made this mornin', Ben?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nary red,\" answered Ben, composedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Had yer breakfast?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Only an apple. That's all I've eaten since yesterday. It's most time for the train to be in from Philadelphy. I'm layin' round for a job.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;color:#6b6258;margin:10px 0 0;\"\u003eA genuine excerpt from the included EPUB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#f0ebe3;color:#8b7355;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.03em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:16px;margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e🎧 Includes the full unabridged audiobook (LibriVox recording) along with the ePub.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px 0;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen ran away from home at ten, after trouble with his stern father, and has lived on the New York streets for six years, earning a living by carrying travellers' luggage at the ferry and railroad wharves. The book follows his life among the street boys, including the hidden room under a wharf where they sleep, and the slow change that leads him back to the family who thought him dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fifth book of the Ragged Dick Series (1870). In his preface Alger says the story is \"in all essential points a true history,\" told to him by the boy himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/strong\u003e unabridged LibriVox recording read by Tori Faulder, about 4 hours 4 minutes, in MP3 format (13 files plus one \"download all\" ZIP).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEPUB:\u003c\/strong\u003e complete text with a clickable table of contents, Alger's two original footnotes and the frontispiece from an early edition. The Art Nouveau cover illustration was made for this edition with AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n","brand":"Nile Book Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67704685560056,"sku":"EN-28381","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/EN-28381-nouveau.jpg?v=1792208690","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/ben-the-luggage-boy-horatio-alger","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}