TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alger,Horatio,Jr
AU  - Shute,A.B.
TI  - The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success
AV  - PZ 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Young men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Success -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Traveling sales personnel -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Bankruptcy -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Selling -- Books -- Juvenile fiction
N1  - Release date is 2018-03-16; E-text prepared by David Edwards, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org); Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the protagonist, Frank Hardy, a young boy who is thrust into the role of a book agent due to his family's misfortunes. As he embarks on this new path, he learns valuable lessons about perseverance, responsibility, and the challenges of earning a living.  At the start of the book, Frank is introduced as an optimistic sixteen-year-old boy living with his family. The narrative establishes the family's struggles, particularly concerning Frank's father, who has been injured in a train accident, and the impending financial troubles due to a business rival's deceit. As Frank seeks to help his family, he considers the profession of a book agent, leading to an encounter with experienced agents that fuels his determination to succeed despite the odds stacked against him. The opening sets a stage filled with both familial love and the harsh realities of economic hardship, framing Frank's journey toward independence and success. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56756
ER  -