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1.Ragged Dick (Norton Critical Edition)Ragged Dick (Norton Critical Edition)
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This is a realistic book about a young boy doing "good" and in turn he has many lucky breaks. It is supposed to be a child's book, but I don't know how many children would voluntarily read this. I read it for my Children's Literature class and I loved it! It deals with a less severe form of... more info

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2.RAGGED DICK AND MARK, THE MATCH BOY: Two Novels by Horatio AlgerRAGGED DICK AND MARK, THE MATCH BOY: Two Novels by Horatio Alger
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Mark the Match Boy is the tale of a young, poverty stricken boy who makes it through life with his good morals and honesty. Mark, the main character, lives with a gaurdian who puts him on the streets to sell matches and make profit for the both of them. When Mark finally works up the courage to run... more info

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3.[no image]The works [of] John Adams, second President of the United States. 10 Volumes
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Another typical installment in Alger's rags to riches theme. Alger writes the story of Scott Walton and his father, who are coming to America from England. While traveling, his father dies unexpectedly, leaving Scott an orphan. However, Scott does have the advantage of having an established distant... more info

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4.Short Works of Horatio AlgerShort Works of Horatio Alger
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5.Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (Signet Classics)Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (Signet Classics)
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Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger is a book telling about the story of a young man who ultimately reaches the American Dream of living a respectable . Alger's main purpose in the text was to illustrate that a person of little class can make achieve a life of happiness with honesty. The text was very... more info

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6.The Erie Train BoyThe Erie Train Boy
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Horatio Alger was one of America's most popular authors. He was born in 1832 and died in 1899. Over 250 million copies of his books were published. Horatio lived in poor parts of New York City and thus was able to write in detail about how the poor lived. His Rags-To-Riches stories excited the... more info

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8.Rough And Ready Or Life Among The New York NewsboysRough And Ready Or Life Among The New York Newsboys
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This book was more of a historical fiction genre and so it was not really useful for a high school research paper. Time crunch did not permit time for a casual reading of this book.

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9.Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward (Works of Horatio Alger Jr.)Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward (Works of Horatio Alger Jr.)
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During 1850s, common stories about "poor city youths, newsboys and bootblacks" who became rich and famous which were popular. (Introduction, p. X) In "Ragged Dick" we have a young boy who is our "hero" or a main character which book concentrates upon. Alger opened up Dick's identity, inspirations,... more info

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