Nat Nason was a poor country boy with a strong desire to better his life. Farm life was unusually hard for him, and after a quarrel with his uncle he resolved to strike out for himself. From Farm to Fortune is part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys working hard and achieving the American dream of wealth. The stories can be seen as tracing American cultural and social patterns. Horatio Alger, Jr. authored about seventy books. He was the son of a clergyman, graduated from Harvard. His stories are pure, inspiring and as endearing today as they were when first published.