Ragged Dick ; or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks ; and, Risen from the ranks ; or, Harry Walton's success /

In Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's most successful book, Alger codified the basic formula he would follow in nearly a hundred subsequent novels for boys. A young hero, inexperienced in the temptations of the city but morally armed to resist them, is unexpectedly forced to earn a livelihood. The he...

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Main Author:	Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
Other Authors:	Scharnhorst, Gary (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2017]
Series:	Broadview editions.