Bound to get there : or, A boy who could not be downed by Roy Franklin
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"Bound To Get There" by Roy Franklin is a juvenile adventure novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on three plucky boys who flee harsh treatment in a small town and head to the city, where they stumble into a tangle of danger, opportunity, and a long-buried sea treasure mystery. The opening follows Nick Collins and brothers Frank and Will Alden as they rebel against abusive guardians, rescue Will from
a beating, and are then framed for arson by a spiteful rival, Jack. Nick is briefly captured by a reclusive sea captain who reveals a gripping backstory: Nick’s father died seeking a Pacific island treasure tied to a missing letter split in two and long pursued by an eccentric admiral. The boys slip out of town, save a wood train from derailment, reach New York, and bed down in the admiral’s now-deserted house, learning he recently sold it after claiming to find the lost letter. Nick lands a messenger job after foiling a street theft for a broker, then gets swept into a new intrigue when a mysterious “yellow package” swap leaves him holding $5,000, even as his employer and a sly clerk whisper about looming financial ruin. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Franklin, Roy |
|---|---|
| Title | Bound to get there : or, A boy who could not be downed |
| Original Publication | New York: Street & Smith, 1910. |
| Series Title | Alger series, no. 199 |
| Credits | Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Dime novels |
| Subject | Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77365 |
| Release Date | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 302 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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