Tom, The Bootblack
The Road To SuccessBy Jr. Horatio Alger
Length6h 47m
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Tom is a fifteen year old boy who lives in New York City with an old man named Jacob in Mrs. Flanagan's rooming house. They pose as grandfather and grandson, but, while Tom understands that they are no real relation, he knows nothing about his real family. Tom makes a living for them both as a street bootblack. Just before Jacob dies, he tells the boy that he is really Gilbert Grey, the son of a wealthy Cincinnati, OH, businessman named John Grey. However, John's brother James conspired with Jacob to spirit the child away, claiming that he drowned, so that James could inherit the family wealth. Jacob has written a confession explaining all the details. So after Jacob's death, Tom, or Gilbert, heads for Cincinnati to see if he can locate his uncle and claim his fortune...
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length6 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TOM, THE BOOTBLACK;
20CHAPTER XIX.
2CHAPTER I.
21CHAPTER XX.
3CHAPTER II.
22CHAPTER XXI.
4CHAPTER III.
23CHAPTER XXII.
5CHAPTER IV.
24CHAPTER XXIII.
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6CHAPTER V.
25CHAPTER XXIV.
7CHAPTER VI.
26CHAPTER XXV.
8CHAPTER VII.
27CHAPTER XXVI.
9CHAPTER VIII.
28CHAPTER XXVII.
10CHAPTER IX.
29CHAPTER XXVIII.
11CHAPTER X.
30CHAPTER XXIX.
12CHAPTER XI.
31CHAPTER XXX.
13CHAPTER XII.
32CHAPTER XXXI.
14CHAPTER XIII.
33CHAPTER XXXII.
15CHAPTER XIV.
34CHAPTER XXXIII.
16CHAPTER XV.
35CHAPTER XXXIV.
17CHAPTER XVI.
36CHAPTER XXXVI.
18CHAPTER XVII.
37CHAPTER XXXVII.
19CHAPTER XVIII.
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