02620cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500600014926400510020930000470026033600260030733700260033333800360035950000310039550802080042652011240063453400450175865300400180365300530184365300190189665300400191565300320195565300500198765300350203765300410207270000490211385600430216299900170220556756UtSlPG20260610134316.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aAlger, Horatio, Jr.,d1832-189914aThe Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-03-16  aE-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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aYoung men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aBildungsromans  aNew York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction  aSuccess -- Juvenile fiction  aTraveling sales personnel -- Juvenile fiction  aBankruptcy -- Juvenile fiction  aSelling -- Books -- Juvenile fiction1 aShute, A. B.q(Augustus Burnham),d1851-190640uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56756  c97587d97587