| Bound to Rise Contributor(s): Alger, Horatio (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544605587 ISBN-13: 9781544605586 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.51 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Sit up to the table, children, breakfast's ready." The speaker was a woman of middle age, not good-looking in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but nevertheless she looked good. She was dressed with extreme plainness, in a cheap calico; but though cheap, the dress was neat. The children she addressed were six in number, varying in age from twelve to four. The oldest, Harry, the hero of the present story, was a broad-shouldered, sturdy boy, with a frank, open face, resolute, though good-natured. "Father isn't here," said Fanny, the second child. "He'll be in directly. He went to the store, and he may stop as he comes back to milk." The table was set in the center of the room, covered with a coarse tablecloth. The breakfast provided was hardly of a kind to tempt an epicure. There was a loaf of bread cut into slices, and a dish of boiled potatoes. There was no butter and no meat, for the family were very poor. |