Try Again or The Trials and Triumphs of Harry West, a story for young adults

Popular 19th century children's book. According to Wikipedia: "William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 – March 27, 1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams. He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools in 1845, and remained in that capacity through 1865. In 1846, he married Sarah Jenkins, with whom he had two children. He served as a member of the School Board of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for 14 years. In 1869, he became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. He died in Dorchester in 1897. His first book, Hatchie, the Guardian Slave (1853), was published under the pseudonym of Warren T. Ashton He wrote many books of fiction for boys under the pseudonym "Oliver Optic."