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"The Store Boy" is a captivating novel written by Horatio Alger, a prolific author known for his inspiring tales of perseverance and success. The book...
Reproduction of the original: Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger...
From the 1860's through the 1890s, Horatio Alger wrote hundreds of novels to teach young boys the merits of honesty, hard work, and cheerfulness in th...
Can a lowly shoeshine boy called Dick make his way up the ladder to bigger and better things or is he destined to be poor for his whole life? This cla...
"Cast Upon the Breakers" is a captivating novel by Horatio Alger, Jr., a renowned American author known for his rags-to-riches stories. The book follo...
"Cast Upon the Breakers" by Horatio Jr. Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From...
Reproduction of the original: Brave and Bold by Horatio Alger...
A plucky street boy who smokes, gambles, and speaks ungrammatically, Dick is also honest and hardworking. A quintessential novel of adventure, romance...
Reproduction of the original: Cast upon the Breakers by Horatio Alger...
By Horatio Alger, Jr
A passage from the book..."Give me a ride?"Ben Barclay checked the horse he was driving and looked attentively at the speaker. He was a stout-built, d...
Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Originally published in serialized form, Ragged Dick is the type of heartwarming young-adult novel for which Horatio Alger is well-known. The story fo...
Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks: Horatio Alger's Inspiring Tale of Rags to Riches
Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks by Horatio Alger: Step into the gritty streets of New York City as Horatio Alger presents a c...
"The Cash Boy,"' by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the name implies, is a story about a boy and for boys. Through some conspiracy, the hero of the story when ...
Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks
This is a typical rags-to-riches story about a young boy growing to success through honorable behavior and hard work. The prominent personage is Ragge...
Horatio Alger Jr. was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from ...
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Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate ...
The Fortunes of Robert Rushton...
Two famous novels by Horatio Alger that focus on rags-to-riches tales....
Andy Grant's Pluck is about Andy, a boy who works hard and wants to get ahead. After his father dies suddenly, Andy finds himself in a tough situation...
And The World Before Him
In the first story, Adrift in New York - disowned by her guardian in nineteenth-century New York City, seventeen-year-old Florence is befriended by To...
Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks
"Mr. Standfast" is the third part of a trilogy which begins with "The Thirty-Nine Steps" and "Greenmantle". In this nail-biting adventure story, Hanna...
Or, The Fortunes of a Factory Boy
A small town factory boy learns the secret of a local miser and travels to India to solve the mystery of his Father's disappearance at sea. Aka: The A...
THE ENCOUNTER ON THE BRIDGE. "Get out of the way, boy, or I'll ride over you!" "Wait a second, please, until I haul in this fish. He's such a beauty I...
Ragged Dick; Or Street Life in New York is a work by Horatio Alger Jr. now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic....
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
First published in 1902 by Street & Smith, New York....
Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks (Hardcover)
Horatio Alger's eye-opening tale of a boy's poverty and aspiration in late 19th century New York is presented here in hardcover. When it was first pub...
Rising Beyond by Horatio Alger Jr. offers profound insights and practical guidance inspired by his enduring literary legacy. By embracing these princi...
Or, Walter Griffith's Trials and Successes
Alone and destitute in New York City, young Walter becomes a newsboy but runs afoul of the local street gang. Aka: Walter Griffith; or, The Adventures...
Reproduction of the original: Frank ́s Campaign by Horatio Alger...
Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and the...
If you've ever used the phrase "rags to riches," you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writin...
Although he manages to make a living as a shoeshine boy in late-1860s New York City, fourteen-year-old Dick Hunter, an orphan, remains homeless and wi...
Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
Part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys achieving the American dream of wealth through hard work, these works can also be seen as helpful i...
Or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks
Homeless shoeshine boy Richard Hunter, alias "Ragged Dick," determines to better himself through education. Aka: Street Life in New York, The Early Li...
"Have you finished breakfast already, Harry?" asked Mrs. Gilbert, as Harry rose hurriedly from the table and reached for his hat, which hung on a nail...
Cast Upon the Breakers By Jr. Horatio Alger...
Horatio Alger was an American writer and an author of more than one hundred books, most of which were written for young readers. His best known work i...