# Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves (version 2)

An audiobook by Horatio Alger, Jr., read by LibriVox volunteers (4 h 4 min, English).

A young boy named Ben runs away to make a life of his own in the big city. He learns very quickly that this will be a lot harder than his imagination prepared him for. Summary by Tori Faulder

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