TY  - BOOK
AU  - Franklin,Roy
TI  - Bound to get there
T2  - Alger series, no. 199
AV  - PZ 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Adventure stories
KW  - Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Dime novels
KW  - Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
N1  - Release date is 2025-11-29; Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.); Originally published; New York: Street & Smith, 1910
N2  - "Bound To Get There" by Roy Franklin is a juvenile adventure novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on three plucky boys who flee harsh treatment in a small town and head to the city, where they stumble into a tangle of danger, opportunity, and a long-buried sea treasure mystery.

The opening follows Nick Collins and brothers Frank and Will Alden as they rebel against abusive guardians, rescue Will from a beating, and are then framed for arson by a spiteful rival, Jack. Nick is briefly captured by a reclusive sea captain who reveals a gripping backstory: Nick’s father died seeking a Pacific island treasure tied to a missing letter split in two and long pursued by an eccentric admiral. The boys slip out of town, save a wood train from derailment, reach New York, and bed down in the admiral’s now-deserted house, learning he recently sold it after claiming to find the lost letter. Nick lands a messenger job after foiling a street theft for a broker, then gets swept into a new intrigue when a mysterious “yellow package” swap leaves him holding $5,000, even as his employer and a sly clerk whisper about looming financial ruin. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:846078
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77365
ER  -