The errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success
by Horatio Alger, Jr. · 1888
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Sixteen-year-old Philip Brent leaves his small hometown to seek his fortune in 1880s New York after his spiteful stepmother reveals that instead of being his late father's beloved only son, he is of unknown parentage and must fend for himself.
FictionConduct of lifeImpostors and impostureFathers and sonsSelf-relianceHistoryJuvenile fictionAbandoned childrenImpersonationYouthOrphansStreet life