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 ...
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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. Alger[s 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 Marlowe[s Secret (1890) and The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus (1900).
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No date stated. Circa 1909. (juvenile fiction, street life, children) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
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Good. 12mo, purple embossed cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, cover is faded, book is cocked, owner's calling card and name stamp on front endpaper, part of the Tattered Tom series, a children's novel, 256 pages.
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Frontis, pictorial cover. VG PB. Publisher A. K. Loring of Boston began issuing Horation Alger Jr books in 1864 and since that time more than 65 publishers. Have printed and distributed these rags-to-riches stories. This title appeared in book stalls at the turn of the century as Vol. II of the second Tattered Tom Series. This issue is a facsimile of an edition that appeared at that time. The Young Outlaw carries a warning that large cities are a jungle young and old picking on the naive country bumpkin. But a young citizen of the big city who is honest, kind and prepared to work hard can rise abaove the environment and become a success in life.
A different twist to the usual Horatio alger story
This is a delightful story by Mr Alger. It is different in at the beginning the hero is not of a good charactor. But after meeting a young girl, the leopard changes its spots, and becomes a person of integrity.
