This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: Horatio Jr. Alger
- ISBN10: 1406565490
- ISBN13: 9781406565492
Horatio Alger, Jr. 1832-1899 was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 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 of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. He is noted as a significant figure in the history of American cultural and social ideals, even though his novels are rarely read these days. After attending Harvard Divinity School from 1857 to 1860, he took a ten-month tour of Europe and produced works of a patriotic nature. Algers empathy with the young working men, coupled with the moral values he learned at home, formed the basis of the first novel in his Ragged Dick 1867 . The book was an immediate success, spurring a vast collection of sequels and similar novels, including Luck and Pluck 1869 and Tattered Tom 1871 . Amongst his other works are Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowes Secret 1890 and The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus 1900 .
