Jack's ward; or, The boy guardian

By Horatio Alger, Jr.

Subjects: Fiction, historical, general, Counduct of life, Kidnapping, Philadelphia (pa.), fiction, Fiction, Philadelphia (Pa.), History, New york (n.y.), fiction, Foundlings, Counterfeits and counterfeiting

Description: Having found a baby girl on their doorstep seven years previously, Jack and his parents are alarmed when a lady claiming to have been the infant's nurse arrives to reclaim the child.