Publisher's Synopsis
Walter wastes his college days by putting good times ahead of study; when his guardian finds out, he forces Walter to quit school and look for a job. Try and Trust, Abner Holden's Bound Boy 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.
