02437cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500510014924600590020026400510025930000470031033600260035733700260038333800360040950000310044550802170047652011820069353400450187565300320192065300400195265300470199285600430203999900170208252616UtSlPG20260610134219.0mcr n260607r2016||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aAlger, Horatio, Jr.,d1832-189910aAdventures of a Telegraph Boy; or, "Number 91"1 aAdventures of a Telegraph Boy; or, "Number Ninety-One" 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2016  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2016-07-22  aProduced by David Edwards, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
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material from the Google Books project.)  a"Adventures of a Telegraph Boy; or, 'Number 91'" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story follows the adventures of Paul Parton, a sixteen-year-old telegraph messenger boy navigating life in New York City while dealing with various challenges, including his relationship with the miserly old man he lives with, whom he calls "grandfather." The themes of perseverance, social inequality, and the trials of youth are likely to resonate throughout the narrative.  The opening of the novel introduces Paul as he works diligently at the American District Telegraph office, waiting for errands that will take him through the city. The first errand sends him to assist an elderly man named Mr. Meacham, during which Paul displays both resourcefulness and bravery when he aids another younger boy who is being bullied by a larger one. This moment highlights Paul’s character as compassionate and principled. Additionally, it becomes evident that Paul’s home life is complicated by his grandfather's penny-pinching ways and hints at deeper familial issues, which are explored as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aOrphans -- Juvenile fiction  aNew York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction  aTelegraph -- Employees -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52616  c93450d93450