What is The Young Acrobat?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox book | name = The Young Acrobat | title_orig = The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus | translator = | image = Horatio Alger Jr.jpg | caption = Alger, 1868 | author = [[Horatio Alger, Jr.]] | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Boys' book | publisher = Frank A. Munsey | release_date = 1888 | media_type = Print | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus''''' is a boys' book by [[Horatio Alger, Jr.]] It was first published in parts (serialization) in the [[magazine]] ''Golden Argosy'' in 1887. It was published as a book in 1888 by Frank A. Munsey of New York. The setting of the book was suggested to the writer by his friend, circus showman [[P. T. Barnum]].<ref>Hoyt, Edwin. 1974. ''Horatio's Boys''. Chilton Book Co. p. 145.</ref> ==Story== Kit, a young teen boy, is an [[orphan]]. He is cheated of his [[inheritance]] by his [[wikt:guardian|guardian]]. His guardian sends him off to work with a brutal, stupid [[blacksmith]]. The boy runs away. He joins the [[circus]]. He is followed by the blacksmith. The boy stays away from him. He becomes a big star in the circus. Later, he is restored to his rightful place with the help of a man who was his father's friend. ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Young Acrobat}} [[Category:1880s books]] [[Category:Books by Horatio Alger, Jr.]] [[Category:Books first published in serial form]] [[Category:Books with circus settings]] [[Category:American children's books]]