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Title: Randy of the River
The Adventures of a Young Deckhand

Author: Horatio Alger Jr.

Release Date: May 11, 2007 [EBook #21416]

Language: English

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RANDY OF THE RIVER

OR

_THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG DECKHAND_

BY

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

AUTHOR OF "NELSON THE NEWSBOY," "OUT FOR BUSINESS,"
"THE YOUNG BOOK AGENT," "LOST AT SEA,"
"RAGGED DICK SERIES," ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK

THE RISE IN LIFE SERIES

By Horatio Alger, Jr.

OUT FOR BUSINESS;
Or, Robert Frost's Strange Career.

FALLING IN WITH FORTUNE;
Or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary

NELSON THE NEWSBOY,
Or, Afloat in New York.

JERRY THE BACKWOODS BOY,
Or, The Parkhurst Treasure.

FROM FARM TO FORTUNE,
Or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience.

YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK,
Or, The Son of a Soldier.

THE YOUNG BOOK AGENT,
Or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success.

LOST AT SEA,
Or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise.

RANDY OF THE RIVER,
Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand.

_Cloth. 12mo. Illustrated Price, 60 cents per volume._

Copyright, 1906
BY
STITT PUBLISHING COMPANY

_Randy of the River._

PREFACE

The majority of stories for boys have their background laid either in
the city or the country, or possibly on the ocean, and we have read
much about the doings of lads both rich and poor in such locations.

In the present tale we have a youth of sturdy qualities who elects to
follow the calling of a deckhand on a Hudson River steamboat, doing his
duty faithfully day by day, and trying to help others as well as
himself. Like all other boys he is at times tempted to do wrong, but he
has a heart of go