Bound To Rise or, Harry Walton's Motto. by Horatio Alger - book 
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PAPERBACK ILLUSTRATED To support his impoverished family, a farm boy travels to New York and takes on a variety of jobs including apprentice shoemaker and magician's assistant. In Luck & Pluck Series.


Harry Walton, 14, lived with his parents and five brothers and sisters on a ten-acre farm near Granton, New Hampshire. Harry's father had great difficulty supporting his large family on such a small farm, and his problems intensified when their only cow died. He was forced to buy a cow, on credit, from his miserly neighbor, Squire Green. To help out, Harry left home to seek his fortune—in this case, $40 to pay for the new cow.
Harry experiences the ups and downs of find a job and earning enough money to support his family. Harry’s adventures continue in a succeeding Alger volume, Risen From the Ranks.