young salesman.

Description:

Teenage boy works his way up from rags to a responsible position in business via honesty, reliability, wits, pluck, and luck. Different from the usual "rags to riches" story with adventures not typically found in other Alger stories.

subjects: Conduct of life,  Fiction,  History,  Sales personnel

Places: New York (N.Y.)

Times: 19th century,  Late 19th century