Born to Good Luck

Fame and Fortune Weekly

English · 2h 29m · Published 1900 onward, Children's Fiction

4.6 (20 reviews)

Dick Armstrong is an enterprising young man who works his way out of a slave-labor situation to become a successful businessman at only age 17. He shows through cool, reasonable understanding of business, an honest man can make something of himself if he takes advantage of the opportunities given him. (Summary by Keith Salis)

Chapters

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Ch 1 The Scrap at Cobham's Corner	8:44	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 2 Accused of Theft	10:21	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 3 Leaving His Home	9:00	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 4 On Board the Minnehaha	7:27	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 5 In which Silas Maslin Fails to Recover His Runaway	8:22	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 6 How Dick Runs Across a Deserted Farmhouse, and what He Finds There	8:58	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 7 Dick's First Speculation	8:00	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 8 In which Dick Takes a Partner, and the Firm Winds up the Apple Speculation	7:34	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 9 A Transaction in Nuts	9:16	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 10 In which Dick Finds Luke Maslin in Bad Company and Overhears a Shady Scheme	7:17	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 11 Dick and Joe on the Trail of Mudgett, Tim Bunker, and their Dupe	8:29	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 12 Dick and Joe Block Mudgett and Tim Bunker's Shady Enterprise	8:20	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 13 Wreck and Rescue	10:22	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 14 Dick Buys an Invention that Proves to be a Winner	10:29	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 15 A Nervy Venture and what Came of It	9:26	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 16 A Night Attack and a Recognition	7:58	Read by Keith Salis
Ch 17 What Finally Comes to the Boy Who Succeeded	9:43	Read by Keith Salis

Reviews

(3 stars)

JeanieCat

Well read! Not as good as the books IMHO! Much like a soap opera! I’m sure newsboys would have loved it!

loved the story

(5 stars)

dustin johnson

I loved the story