Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040584180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Author: Jr. Horatio Alger
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781723299100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth": a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual. Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability.

Author: John Sword (Junr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher:
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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A fictionalized biography of Lincoln with emphasis on his moral character.

Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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Author: John H. Pitezel
Publisher:
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Author: Horatio Jr. Alger
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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The Backwoods Boy is a biography by Horatio Alger Jr. it depicts the boyhood and manhood of Abraham Lincoln as he rose up to become the sixteenth US President.

Author: Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Publisher:
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Category : Adventure stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Horatio Alger, Jr
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781097688609
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer of young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth" a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual.Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. This novel was a huge success. His many books that followed were essentially variations on Ragged Dick and featured casts of stock characters: the valiant hard-working, honest youth, the noble mysterious stranger, the snobbish youth, and the evil, greedy squire.In the 1870s, Alger's fiction was growing stale. His publisher suggested he tour the American West for fresh material to incorporate into his fiction. Alger took a trip to California, but the trip had little effect on his writing: he remained mired in the tired theme of "poor boy makes good." The backdrops of these novels, however, became the American West rather than the urban environments of the northeastern United States.

Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385360587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.