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    Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
    Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
    Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
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    Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune

    By Horatio Alger, Jr.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 26, 2019
    ISBN4057664627018
    Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
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    Horatio Alger, Jr.

    Horatio Alger Jr. ; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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