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Andy Grant's Pluck is the story of a hardworking young man determined to make the best of his opportunities. Andy is forced to drop out of Penhurst Academy to help his father on the farm. Accepting this, Andy returns home then decides to form his own fate. With the help of a wealthy benefactor, he moves from his small town and is lead through work traveling across the country. Andy Grant's Pluck is part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys working hard and achieving the American dream of wealth. The stories can be seen as tracing American cultural and social patterns. 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.
