Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune

A 1903 boys' novel by Horatio Alger in which Chester Rand, a fifteen-year-old store clerk in the Pennsylvania town of Wyncombe, loses his job and struggles to support his widowed mother while seeking his fortune, eventually finding work and adventure in New York.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›American novels from 1901›Boys' school, sports, and scout stories

Reader

Young readers›Family, school, and everyday stories›American novels from 1901›Boys' school, sports, and scout stories