Poetry Books by Horatio Alger
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published Date: 2006-05-22
Categories: Literary Collections
If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right, said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five. "Yes, Herbert, but I am afraid there won't be much chance of it."
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published Date: 2006-11-01
Categories: Literary Collections
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
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Published Date: 1866
Categories: Conduct of life
Cheated out of an inheritance by an unscrupulous relative in nineteenth-century New York City, fourteen-year-old Helen Ford's fortunes are restored with help from a spurned wife, a lawyer, and a series of coincidences.
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published Date: 2006-07-01
Categories: Literary Collections
Viva Garibaldi! sang a young Italian boy in an uptown street, accompanying himself on a violin which, from its battered appearance, seemed to have met with hard usage. As the young singer is to be the hero of my story, I will pause to describe him. He was twelve years old, but small of his age. His complexion was a brilliant olive, with the dark eyes peculiar to his race, and his hair black. In spite of the dirt, his face was strikingly handsome, especially when lighted up by a smile, as was often the case, for in spite of the hardships of his lot, and these were neither few nor light, Filippo was naturally merry and light-hearted.
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published Date: 2004-10
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
In 1870's New Hampshire, fifteen-year-old Harry Walton, determined to help his impoverished family retain their farm, leaves home to find work and, after several different jobs and many adventures, manages to save his family's livelihood and find a promising new career.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published Date: 2007-09-01
Categories: Fiction
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream.
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Published Date: 2014-06-01
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Tom Nelson sets out for California hoping to earn money in the gold fields to pay off the mortgage on his father's farm, braving thieves, outlaws, and Indians along the way. The Young Adventurer is part of a series of stories of boys working hard and achieving the American dream. Alger wrote these to help instill the principle of Strive and Succeed, Personal Growth and Work to Achieve the American Dream. Horatio Alger, Jr. authored about seventy books. He was the son of a clergyman, graduated from Harvard. His stories are pure, inspiring and as endearing today as they were when first published.
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published Date: 2004-10
Categories: Fiction
"The Cash Boy,"' by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the name implies, is a story about a boy and for boys. Through some conspiracy, the hero of the story when a baby, was taken from his relatives and given into the care of a kind woman. Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband's name, Frank Fowler. She had one little daughter, Grace, and showing no partiality in the treatment of her children, Frank never suspected that she was not his sister. However, at the death of Mrs. Fowler, all this was related to Frank.
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published Date: 2015-09-14
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Do and Dare or A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
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Published Date: 1871
Categories: Children's stories, American
A young girl named Tom runs away from her abusive guardian and finds out important information her origins.
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published Date: 2006-05-22
Categories: Literary Collections
Mr. Roscoe rang the bell, and, in answer, a servant entered the library, where he sat before a large and commodious desk. "Has the mail yet arrived?" he asked. "Yes, sir; John has just come back from the village." "Go at once and bring me the letters and papers, if there are any." John bowed and withdrew. Mr. Roscoe walked to the window, and looked thoughtfully out upon a smooth, luxuriant lawn and an avenue of magnificent trees, through which carriages were driven to what was popularly known as Castle Roscoe. Everything, even to the luxuriously appointed room in which he sat, indicated wealth and the ease which comes from affluence.
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published Date: 2019-03-07
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Horatio Alger's rags to riches novel was instrumental in perpetuating the myth of social mobility in the nineteenth century: the idea that anyone can pull himself up by his own bootstraps through hard work and persistence. The book was incredibly popular when it was first serialized in 1867 and became a cultural theme seen throughout the Gilded Age.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published Date: 2006-07-01
Categories: Fiction
First published in 1892, this engrossing tale introduces us to the charming Mabel Frost Fairfax. She arrives in the village of Granville as the newly-appointed school teacher. Through her experiences, Alger presents a vivid and life-like picture of village life. His portrayal of human emotions and relations is highly perceptive. Delightful!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published Date: 2018-03-07
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Horatio Alger Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific 19th-century 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 America during the Gilded Age.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published Date: 2007-01-01
Categories: Self-Help
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author of approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works are rags-to-riches stories of down-and-out boys who achieve success through hard work and moral virtue.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Date: 2017-12-31
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"SLOW AND SURE" is a volume of the stories of New York street life inaugurated by Ragged Dick. While it chronicles the advancement of Paul, the young street merchant, from the sidewalk to the shop, a large portion of it is devoted to the experiences of a street waif, who has been brought up by burglars, and passed the greater part of his time among them, without being wholly spoiled by his corrupt surroundings. His struggles between gratitude and duty on the one hand, and loyalty to his vicious guardians on the other, will, it is hoped, excite the interest and sympathy of the reader. The author has sought to indicate some of the influences which make it difficult for the neglected street children to grow up virtuous and well-conducted members of society. Philanthropy is never more nobly employed than in redeeming them, and "giving them a chance" to rise to respectability.
