Publisher's Synopsis
Kit is an orphan. He is cheated of his inheritance by his guardian who sends him off to work with a brutal, blacksmith but Kit runs away, joins a circus and becomes a star. The Young Acrobat is part of a series of stories of boys working hard and achieving the American dream. Alger wrote these to help instill the principle of Strive and Succeed, Personal Growth and Work to Achieve the American Dream. Horatio Alger, Jr. authored about seventy books. He was the son of a clergyman, graduated from Harvard. His stories are pure, inspiring and as endearing today as they were when first published.
