The Cash Boy
The Cash Boy
By:"Horatio Alger"
Published on 2004-10-01 by 1st World Publishing
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Ragged Dick and Risen from the Ranks
Ragged Dick and Risen from the Ranks By:"Horatio Alger Jr." Published on 2017-04-30 by Broadview Press Read online or download Ragged Dick and Risen from the Ranks -"Fiction" 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 hero’s exemplary struggle—to retain his virtue, to clear his name of accusations, and to gain economic independence—was the basis of the Alger plot. Hugely popular at the turn of the twentieth century, Alger’s works have at different times been framed as a model for the “American dream” and as dangerously exciting sensationalism for young readers; Gary Scharnhorst’s new introduction separates the myth of Alger as “success ideologue” from the more complex messages conveyed in his work. Ragged Dick is paired ...
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