More information about the Frank’s story.
In the beginning of his childhood Frank was cold and diseases. In the damp, cold climate of Ireland, Frank developed typhoid and was hospitalized, later chronic conjunctivitis because he worked with coal. The family was forced to move in with a distant relative and they suffered all kinds of calamities. As a teenager, Frank worked at the post office as a telegram delivery boy and later delivered newspapers and magazines for Eason's. He also worked for the local money lender, writing threatening demand letters as a means to save enough to finally realize his dream of returning to the United States. The story ends with Frank's sailing into New York, ready to begin a new life at age nineteen.