Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days; Or, The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son

Dick Hamilton arrives at Kentfield Academy with everything money can buy: tailored uniforms, generous spending cash, the finest equipment. What he cannot purchase is respect. The other cadets see a spoiled rich boy who bought his way in, and led by the envious Ray Dutton, they make his life difficult from day one. Dick's wealth becomes a social handicap, a mark of supposed inferiority in a world that values grit and earned standing over inherited privilege. But Dick isn't the entitled cliché his classmates assume. Beneath the comfortable circumstances lies a boy determined to prove himself through courage, loyalty, and plain stubborn integrity. As he navigates the rigid hierarchy of cadet life, facing both petty cruelty and unexpected friendship, he must decide whether to lean into his wealth for revenge or prove his worth the harder way. The question isn't whether he'll succeed, but what kind of man he'll become when money can't solve the problem.