Horatio Alger Jr.
Horatio Alger Jr. was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 through to his death in 1899.
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Books
Paul The Peddler
2004
ISBN 9781419140433
In a New World, Or, Among the Gold Fields of Australia
2005
ISBN 9781411500099
Timothy Crump's Ward
2004
ISBN 9781419190186
Making His Way
2007
ISBN 9780548469613
The Train Boy
2005
ISBN 9781411500624
From Canal Boy to President or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
2023
ISBN 9789359394077
Ragged Dick
2023
ISBN 9788728133026
The Erie Train Boy (Encore Edition)
2004
ISBN 9781460403389
Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks
2019
ISBN 9781795042239