{"product_id":"2940013342866","title":"Robert Coverdale's Struggle","description":"ROBERT COVERDALE'S STRUGGLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA FISHERMAN'S CABIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robert, have you seen anything of your uncle?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, aunt.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I suppose he's over at the tavern as usual,\" said the woman\u003cbr\u003edespondently. \"He drinks up about all he earns, and there's little\u003cbr\u003eenough left for us. I hope you won't follow in his steps, Robert.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You may be sure I won't, Aunt Jane,\" said the boy, nodding\u003cbr\u003eemphatically. \"I wouldn't drink a glass of rum for a hundred dollars.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"God keep you in that resolution, my dear boy! I don't want my sister's\u003cbr\u003eson to go to destruction as my husband is doing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy story opens in a small fishing village on the coast of one of the New\u003cbr\u003eEngland States. Robert Coverdale, whom I have briefly introduced, is the\u003cbr\u003eyoung hero whose fortunes I propose to record.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is a strong, well-made boy, with a frank, honest face, embrowned by\u003cbr\u003eexposure to the sun and wind, with bright and fearless eyes and a manly\u003cbr\u003elook. I am afraid his dress would not qualify him to appear to advantage\u003cbr\u003ein a drawing-room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wore a calico shirt and well-patched trousers of great antiquity and\u003cbr\u003estockings and cowhide shoes sadly in need of repairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of my well-dressed boy readers, living in cities and large towns,\u003cbr\u003emay be disposed to turn up their noses at this ragged boy and wonder at\u003cbr\u003emy taste in choosing such a hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Robert had manly traits, and, in spite of his poor clothes,\u003cbr\u003epossessed energy, talent, honesty and a resolute will, and a boy so\u003cbr\u003eendowed cannot be considered poor, though he does not own a dollar,\u003cbr\u003ewhich was precisely Robert's case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndeed, I may go further and say that never in the course of his life of\u003cbr\u003efifteen years had he been able to boast the ownership of a hundred\u003cbr\u003ecents.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163925004528,"sku":"2940013342866","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013342866_p0.jpg?v=1763580023","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013342866","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}