Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
Horatio Alger · 1890
A boys' adventure novel by Horatio Alger, published in 1890. It follows poor working boy Bert Barton of Lakeville, whose fortunes become entangled with those of his wealthy, unkind uncle Squire Marlowe when Uncle Jacob returns from California after twenty years.
Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.
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