Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri by Jr. Horatio Alger

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.html.images 344 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.epub3.images 469 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.epub.images 469 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.epub.noimages 196 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.kf8.images 602 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.kindle.images 556 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52194.txt.utf-8 298 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/52194/pg52194-h.zip 411 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
Title Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri
Credits Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary "Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri" by Horatio Alger, Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Bob Burton, a young ranchman navigating life on his family's ranch in Missouri. The opening chapters set the stage for a conflict involving Bob's father, Richard Burton, and Aaron Wolverton, the local moneylender, who harbors a hidden grudge against the family. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the Burton family as they prepare for Richard's trip to pay interest on a mortgage held by Wolverton. Tensions are hinted at in interactions between Richard and his wife, Mary, who expresses mistrust of Wolverton, recalling his past advances towards her. After Richard's tragic accident on the way home, where Wolverton is seen rifling through his pockets, a plot emerges involving accusations, deceit, and the desperate quest for justice. Bob, alongside his companion Clip, a young African American refugee, begins to confront the challenges threatening their livelihood while discovering the depths of Wolverton's malevolence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Young men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Ranches -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Success -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Families -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Middle West -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Real estate agents -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Conspiracies -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Extortion -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 52194
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 82 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!