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

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Alger, Horatio

Contemporary

Amereon Limited

The first book to kick off the popular "Dare and Do Right" series in 1880 was "The Western Boy". It made its first appearance in serial form in the "New York Weekly" on June 30, 1873 and concluded on September 15, 1873. However, the enterprising book publisher changed the title to "Tom the Bootblack" and the book is probably best remembered by that name. Subsequent editions adopted the new title, and as a token of recognition used a sub title, or "A Western Boy's Success". Here is the facsimile edition of one of Horatio Alger, Jr.'s more popular novels which early publisher's touted as "...unususlly interesting, and in a quiet way conveys lessons of pluck, perserverance and manly independence."And who among us can do without these lessons today? (from the back cover)

The Western Boy or The Road to Success

Canyon Books

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

"Uncle, you are not looking well to-night.""I'm not well, Florence. I sometimes doubt if I shall ever be any better.""Surely, uncle, you cannot mean--""Yes, my child, I have reason to believe that I am nearing the end.""I cannot bear to hear you speak so, uncle," said Florence Linden, in irrepressible agitation. "You are not an old man. You are but fifty-four.""True, Florence, but it is not years only that make a man old. Two great sorrows have embittered my life. First, the death of my dearly beloved wife, and next, the loss of my boy, Harvey.""It is long since I have heard you refer to my cousin's loss. I thought you had become reconciled-no, I do not mean that,-I thought your regret might be less poignant."

Adrift in New York

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