Randy of the River; Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand

A boys' adventure novel in which Randy Thompson, a fourteen-year-old from Riverport, takes a job as a deckhand on a Hudson River steamboat, works hard, and learns that honesty pays despite hardships and wrongdoers.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›American novels to 1900›Children's and family stories

Reader

Young readers›Family, school, and everyday stories›American novels to 1900›Children's and family stories