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William Makepeace Thayer. The Printer Boy; Or, How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark
The Printer Boy; Or, How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THE PRINTER-BOY
CHAPTER I
THE WHISTLE
CHAPTER II
AT SCHOOL
CHAPTER III
A CHANGE
CHAPTER IV
MAKING CANDLES
CHAPTER V
THE ROGUE'S WHARF
CHAPTER VI
TABLE TALK
CHAPTER VII
CHOOSING A TRADE
CHAPTER VIII
THE PRINTER-BOY
CHAPTER IX
FIRST LITERARY ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER X
THE DISPUTE
CHAPTER XI
PLAIN FARE
CHAPTER XII
THE NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER XIII
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
CHAPTER XIV
THE ARREST
CHAPTER XV
THE RUNAWAY
CHAPTER XVI
ANOTHER TRIP AND ITS TRIALS
CHAPTER XVII
GETTING WORK
CHAPTER XVIII
NEWS FROM HOME, AND RETURN
CHAPTER XIX
BACK AGAIN
CHAPTER XX
A LITERARY GAME
CHAPTER XXI
GOING TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXII
FAREWELL TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXIII
SETTING UP BUSINESS
CHAPTER XXIV
THE JUNTO
CHAPTER XXV
CONCLUSION
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William Makepeace Thayer
An Example for Youth
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"I must confess you are a smart fellow, Ben" (as he was familiarly called by the boys), "to be taken in like that," continued his brother, rather deridingly. "All your money for that worthless thing, that is enough to make us crazy! You ought to have known better. Suppose you had had twice as much money, you would have given it all for the whistle, I suppose, if this is the way you trade."
"Perhaps he would have bought two or three of them in that case," said his cousin, at the same time looking very much as if he intended to make sport of the young whistler.
