Born to Good Luck; or The Boy Who Succeeded.

"Born to Good Luck; or The Boy Who Succeeded" by a Self-made man is a tale of hardship and triumph that follows Dick Armstrong, a boy facing a cruel existence under the thumb of the Maslin family. Enduring constant bullying from Luke Maslin and falsely accused of theft by Silas Maslin, Dick's breaking point comes when he decides to abandon his oppressive circumstances to forge his own path. Together with his friend Joe Fletcher, Dick begins a journey marked by the promise of adventure and the opportunity for a brighter future; they gather apples, foil a robbery against a stingy old man, and take other steps toward independence and success. The story's opening pages capture the enduring human spirit as it confronts adversity.