A Young Inventor's Pluck; or, The Mystery of the Willington Legacy

Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) was American businessman and writer. He was one of founders of book-packaging technique based on using of work of multiple freelance authors and used it for his own enterprise, Stratemeyer Syndicate. This was a great contribution to forming of children’s fiction genre.

A Young Inventors’ Pluck is a novel by Edward Stratemeyer, written under his penname Arthur M. Winfield. The narrative revolves around Jack Willington, American lad with a mind turned on mechanics. He lived with his brother and sister, worked in a tool works and kept all his little money in a bank. But one day all of comes crashing down – his bank fails, his tool works get closed. With no means but his wits and no support but his siblings, Jack will have to do whatever it takes not to sink to the bottom. Fortunately, he is too smart to take it lying down.