A very good story but different from other alger stories in the main charactor in a young girl. But it still sticks to the usual alger format of a poor girl with only one parent, trying to make a ... Read More
Ragged Dick or Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
This sweet tale of a poor but honest bootblack, Dick, and his relentless pursuit of "respectability" is the first of several books that Horatio Alger wrote in his attempt to prove that all boys - ... Read More
