Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A fictionalized biography of Lincoln with emphasis on his moral character.
The Backwoods Boy
Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A fictionalized biography of Lincoln with emphasis on his moral character.
The Backwoods Boy; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood.
Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781794144422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
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 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
The Backwoods Boy, or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385360595
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The Backwoods Boy; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Horatio Jr. AlgerPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
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.
The Backwoods Boy; Or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Horatio Alger Jr.Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789354543265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
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The Backwoods Boy
Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483323421
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Excerpt from The Backwoods Boy: Or the Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln I venture to say that among our public men there is not one whose life can be studied with more interest and profit by American youth than that of Abraham Lincoln. It is not alone that, born in an humble cabin, he reached the highest position accessible to an American, but especially because in every position which he was called upon to fill, he did his duty as he understood it, and freely sacrificed personal ease and comfort in the service of the humblest. I have prepared the story of Lincoln's boyhood and manhood as a companion volume to the life of Garfield, which I published two years since, under the title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Backwoods Boy
Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337553517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Backwoods Boys
Author: Horatio Alger (Jr.)The Backwoods Boy, or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Horatio AlgerPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385360587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The Backwoods Boy
Author: Horatio Alger JrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This work as a part of the knowledge base of civilization was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant."John, saddle my horse, and bring him around to the door." The speaker was a boy of fifteen, handsomely dressed, and, to judge from his air and tone, a person of considerable consequence, in his own opinion, at least. The person addressed was employed in the stable of his father, Colonel Anthony Preston, and so inferior in social condition that Master Godfrey always addressed him in imperious tones.