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Canal Boy to President, by Horatio Alger, Jr.
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Title: From Canal Boy to President Or The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Release Date: February 7, 2005 [EBook #14964]
Language: English
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[Illustration: JAMES A. GARFIELD, AT THE AGE OF 16. Copied by permission of J.F. RYDER, Cleveland, G.]
FROM
CANAL BOY TO PRESIDENT,
OR THE
BOYHOOD AND MANHOOD
OF
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.,
AUTHOR OF RAGGED DICK; LUCK AND PLUCK; TATTERED TOM, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK
AMERICAN PUBLISHERS CORPORATION
310-318 SIXTH AVENUE
1881
TO
HARRY AND JAMES GARFIELD
WHOSE PRIVATE SORROW
IS THE PUBLIC GRIEF,
THIS MEMORIAL OF THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS FATHER
Is inscribed
WITH THE WARMEST SYMPATHY.
GENERAL PREFACE.
The present series of volumes has been undertaken with the view of supplying the want of a class of books for children, of a vigorous, manly tone, combined wit