The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Getting On [for the New York Saturday Press]

Jewett, S. W. "Getting On [for the New York Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press, August 14, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

Story about a family that is very poor after the death of their mother. The children do what they can to make ends meet, and go off into the world to start their own lives. Each one meets misfortune in their attempts.