Wizard Will, the Wonder Worker

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Wizard Will, the Wonder Worker

by Prentiss Ingraham

EN·~3 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
1

CHAPTER I.—The Boy Messenger.

6:42
2

CHAPTER II.—An Oath to Win, a Vow to Avenge.

11:00
3

CHAPTER III.—Tracked to His Lair.

9:11
4

CHAPTER IV.—The Meeting.

6:40
5

CHAPTER V.—The Boy Protector.

7:49
6

CHAPTER VI.—The Reward for a Convict.

5:24
7

CHAPTER VII.—The Lost Gold Piece.

10:48
8

CHAPTER VIII.—The Dashing Dragoon.

6:11
9

CHAPTER IX.—Phantoms of the Past.

7:53
10

CHAPTER X.—Deserted.

6:34

Description

In the grimy backstreets of early‑20th‑century New York, a wiry twelve‑year‑old named Will hustles a cryptic commission. A sharply dressed stranger hires him to deliver a sealed note to a man known only as Jerry “the Night Hawk,” promising a quick dollar in return. Though poorly clothed, Will’s keen eyes and quick mind set him apart from the other street kids.

The address leads him into a narrow alley and up a creaking, stair‑filled building that feels out of time. Inside, doors open onto empty hallways, dim skylights, and a lone bell that seems to answer itself. When Will finally meets the enigmatic Night Hawk, the encounter feels both ordinary and oddly magical, hinting that more than a simple delivery lies ahead.

Listeners will be drawn into Will’s gritty world, where courage meets curiosity and a single letter could change the course of a boy’s life. The story balances street‑wise realism with a touch of wonder, promising an engaging adventure from the very first step.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (175K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/))

Release date

2013-07-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Prentiss Ingraham

Prentiss Ingraham

1843–1904

A wildly prolific dime novelist and adventure writer, he turned a life shaped by war and travel into fast-moving popular fiction. He is especially remembered for helping build the legend of Buffalo Bill through dozens of frontier tales.

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