On His Own Summary

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The book On His Own by Horatio Alger Jr. was published by Pensacola Christian College. It was published in Pensacola in 2010. It was first published in 1893.
This boy named Rodney was at a boarding school and lost a huge fortune because his guardian lost it for him. Then he had to leave and go to New York City to try to make a profit. There on the train to New York he met this guy named Joel who was a salesman on the train there was a sudden jolt and Rodney and his new friend Joel got out of their seats but Rodney left his box of jewelry on his seat and someone stole it. They followed the thief to a village. A lady told them where he was headed then told the thief to give back the jewelry box. He gave it back to Rodney. Later Rodney and Joel …show more content…

They gave Rodney a job at Otis Goodnow’s warehouse at five dollars a week. Then Rodney decided to room with Mike. Next, Rodney told Dr. Sampson his teacher at the boarding school to send his trunk to him from the country. Later Mike helped a lady find her pocketbook and became a telegraph boy after she gave him ten dollars. Later this boy Jasper gained a hatred for Rodney. Later Jasper got Rodney discharged for theft when he didn’t steal anything. Later on in the book he was in this hotel after Jasper fired him from other jobs and saw the thief from the train Louis Wheeler with a western man named Jefferson Pettigrew. Rodney suspected that the western man was in danger of being victimized. Later on in the book Mr. Pettigrew and Rodney became good friends and Rodney went with him to his hometown of Burton, Virginia.to help his uncle Cyrus Hooper pay a mortgage that was laid by a man named Squire Sheldon. After they helped his Uncle pay the mortgage they went back to New York to pack and get ready to go to Montana where Rodney worked as a miner and then became a clerk for the Miner’s Rest a hotel that Pettigrew owned. Later on Rodney got a vacation to go and check on his other mine in Babcock and on his way back from his vacation he was stopped by outlaws and kidnapped and taken into a cave where he was held

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