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Title: Try Again
or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks

Author: Oliver Optic

Release Date: January 24, 2010 [eBook #31065]

Language: English

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TRY AGAIN

Or

The Trials and Triumphs of Harry West

A Story for Young Folks

by

OLIVER OPTIC

Author of
"The Boat Club," "All Aboard," "Poor and Proud,"
"Hope and Have," "Now or Never," Etc.

[Illustration: "Harry was Startled by the Discovery of
a Bright Light."]

New York
The New York Book Company
1911

Contents

Chapter Page
BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 4
I IN WHICH HARRY WEST AND SQUIRE WALKER DISAGREE ON AN
IMPORTANT POINT 5
II IN WHICH HARRY FINDS A FRIEND, AND A PRACTICABLE
SCHEME FOR RESISTANCE 11
III IN WHICH HARRY LEAVES THE POORHOUSE, AND TAKES TO
THE RIVER 19
IV IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT THE NAVIGATION OF THE
RIVER IS DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS 26
V IN WHICH HARRY FIGHTS A HARD BATTLE, AND IS
DEFEATED 33
VI IN WHICH HARRY CONCLUDES THAT A DEFEAT IS SOMETIMES
BETTER THAN A VICTORY