Tells the story of Richard Hunter, a poor boy, who through luck and hardwork, becomes wealthy and is able to become the protector of Mark, another poor young boy

Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy

Horatio Alger

Literature & Fiction

Scribner Paper Fiction

A plucky street boy who smokes, gambles, and speaks ungrammatically, Dick is also honest and hardworking. A quintessential novel of adventure, romance, and coming-of-age, it is also an exhilarating tale of one boy's metamorphosis from dirty street urchin to gentleman.

Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (Signet Classics)

Literary

Signet Classics

Jed, the Poorhouse Boy

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Alger, Horatio

Contemporary

Amereon Limited

Excerpt from A Debt of Honor: The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far WestN or would you. It would not be a favor, but the payment of a sacred debt. It would be reparation for a great wrong.But, father, the reparation ought to have been made to you, not to me.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

A Debt of Honor: The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West (Classic Reprint)

Classics

Forgotten Books

Illustrations. The adventures of Ragged Dick, New York Street vagabond of the eighteenth century, continue. He sleeps where he can, shines shoes, and finds a friend who helps him to study. Then a dishonest bookeeper tries to frame him.

Fame and Fortune

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pavilion Press, Inc

A Cousin's Conspiracy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Errand Boy

Driven From Home

Young Captain JackBy Horatio Alger, Author

Young Captain Jack

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

"Well, good by, Rodney! I leave school tomorrow. I am going to learn a trade."  "I am sorry to part with you, David. Couldn't you stay another term?"  "No: my uncle says I must be earning my living, and I have a chance to learn the carpenter's trade."  "Where are you going?"  "To Duffield, some twenty miles away. I wish I were in your shoes. You have no money cares, and can go on quietly and complete your education."  "I don't know how I am situated, David. I only know that my guardian pays my expenses at this boarding school."  "Yes, you are a star boarder, and have the nicest room in the institution. I am only a poor day scholar. Still I feel thankful that I have been allowed to remain as long as I have. Who is your guardian?"  "A Mr. Benjamin Fielding, of New York."  "Is he a business man?"  "I believe so."  "Do you know how much you will inherit when you come of age?" asked David, after a short pause.  "I haven't an idea."  "It seems to me your guardian ought to have told you."  "I scarcely know my guardian. Five years ago I spent a week at his home. I don't remember much about it except that he lives in a handsome house, and has plenty of servants. Since then, as you know, I have passed most of my time here, except that in the summer I was allowed to board at the Catskills or any country place I might select."

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