Horatio Alger Jr.(1832–1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, including four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with ‘William Taylor Adams’, a boys’ author, changed Alger’s interest to writing for the juvenile market.
Out For Business is the author’s prequel to, Falling In With Fortune, or The Experiences of a Young Secretary, (which was completed by Arthur M. Winfield – aka Edward Stratemeyer – with Alger’s full approval).
In Out for Business, we begin the adventures of young Robert Frost. At age 16, Robert fears that his new step-father – an unkind, greedy man – will scheme to control his mother’s small fortune. Unhappy with the situation, and believing that he may, one day, need to care for his mother, Robert leaves home to make his own fortune. While on his quest, our hero meets new friends, makes enemies, foils insidious plots, and discovers a career which he enjoys.
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