The Train Boy

2004 Polyglot Press trade paperback, Horatio Alger Jr. (Ragged Dick) From the publication of Ragged Dick in 1867 through to the 1930s, Horatio Alger's tales of young boys overcoming adversity were part of the mainstream of American culture. The phrase "a Horatio Alger story" remains synonymous with the American ideal of struggling against adversity and finally achieving success, financial and otherwise-but especially financial. - google books