The Century Company, NY, 1905. Frontis + 6 B & W plates. Green cloth, color illustrated front cover, white letters. Spine bumping & wear, hd & ft, corners. P.O.'s signature dtd. June 22, 1905, top corner of fff. White pages, no other marks. Some spine slant, but still tightly bound. 312 pages.
Author's 3rd book. A tale about a young Irish boy named Sandy Kilday, who at the age of sixteen, being without home or relatives, decides to try his luck in the new country across the sea. Accordingly, he slips aboard one of the big ocean liners as a stowaway.
The novel is based on the boyhood stories of S. S. McClure, publisher of McClure's magazine, and his upbringing in Ireland and early struggles in the United States. It was originally published in serial form in 'The Century Magazine' from December 1904 through May 1905, and first appeared in novel form in April 1905. It was the second best-selling novel in the United States, in that year.
A silent film adaptation of the book was released in 1918, directed by George Melford, and starring Jack Pickford as Sandy Kilday, Louise Huff as Ruth Nelson, and James Neill as Judge Hollis.
