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Ragged Dick
Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks
E-bok, 2015
14 kr
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Ragged Dick is a children''s novel by Horatio Alger, Jr., about a poor bootblack and his rise to middle-class comfort and respectability through good moral behavior, clean living, and determination.
Charlie Codman's Cruise
E-bok, 2017
17 kr
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In deference to the expressed wishes of some of his young friends, the author has essayed a story of the sea, and now presents "Charlie Codman''s Cruise," as the third volume of the Campaign Series. It will be found more adventurous than its predecessors, and the trials which Charlie is called upon …
Grit or The Young Boatman
E-bok, 2017
17 kr
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Horatio Alger Jr. was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were …
Helen Ford
E-bok, 2017
17 kr
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Not many minutes walk from Broadway, situated on one of the cross streets intersecting the great thoroughfare, is a large building not especially inviting in its aspect, used as a lodging and boarding-house. It is very far from fashionable, since, with hardly an exception, those who avail …
In Search of Treasure
E-bok, 2017
16 kr
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"I wish I could send you to college, Guy," said Mr. Fenwick, as they sat in the library, reading by the soft light of a student lamp.The speaker was the Rev. Mr. Fenwick, the pastor of a church in Bayport, a few miles from New Bedford, Massachusetts."I don''t think I care much about going to …
Jed, the Poorhouse Boy
E-bok, 2017
17 kr
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Jed, Mr. and Mrs. Fogson, The Scranton Poorhouse, An Exciting Contest, Jed Secures an Ally, Mr. Fogson Makes up His Mind, Fogson''s Mistake, Mr. Fogson is Astonished, Jed Leaves the Poorhouse, Jed Reaches Duncan, Jed''s First Appearance on the Stage, Percy Dixon is Bewildered, Fogson in Pursuit, …
Nothing to Do - A Tilt at Our Best Society
E-bok, 2017
17 kr
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Horatio Alger Jr. was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were …
Tattered Tom or The Story of a Street Arab
E-bok, 2017
17 kr
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When, three years since, the author published "Ragged Dick," he was far from anticipating the flattering welcome it would receive, or the degree of interest which would be excited by his pictures of street life in New York. The six volumes which comprised his original design are completed, but the …
Walter Sherwood's Probation
E-bok, 2017
29 kr
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Part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys achieving the American dream of wealth through hard work, these works can also be seen as helpful in understanding the development of American cultural and social ideals. (Goodreads)
Wait and Hope
A Plucky Boy''s Luck
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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There are numerous character in this book but what most fascinating is the life of Benjamin Bradford and his Aunt Jane. Benjamin has a little earnings that worries him how they would survived but his motto wait and hope help him overcome this struggle. We are reminded that we should hope and wait …
Try and Trust
Abner Holdens Bound Boy
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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Short excerpt: It seems Margaret left a child-a boy of fourteen; and as she left no property the doctor suggests that I should send for the boy and assume the care of him.
Tom, The Bootblack
The Road To Success
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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Tom is a fifteen year old boy who lives in New York City with an old man named Jacob in Mrs. Flanagan’s rooming house. They pose as grandfather and grandson, but, while Tom understands that they are no real relation, he knows nothing about his real family. Tom makes a living for them both as a …
Timothy Crumb's Ward
E-bok, 2017
29 kr
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A poor family is surprised with an infant on their doorstep on New Year’s Eve with a note and monetary support requesting them to raise the child. Eight years later, the child is stolen and the family is put into more trouble trying to find her. This is a story of how love and good morals are …
Randy Of The River
The Adventures Of A Young Deckhand
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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A youth of sturdy qualities elects to follow the calling of a deckhand on a Hudson River steamboat...
Ragged Dick
Streetlife In New York With The Boot-Blacks
E-bok, 2017
29 kr
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‘Ragged Dick’ is a fourteen-year-old bootblack – he smokes, drinks occasionally, and sleeps on the streets – but he is anxious "to turn over a new leaf, and try to grow up ''spectable". He won''t steal under any circumstances, and many gentlemen who are impressed with this virtue (and his …
Phil The Fiddler
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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Short excerpt: In spite of the dirt, his face was strikingly handsome, especially when lighted up by a smile, as was often the case, for in spite of the hardships of his lot, and these were neither few nor light, Filippo was naturally merry and light-hearted.
Young Outlaw
E-bok, 2017
29 kr
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Alone and penniless on the streets of New York, runaway orphan Sam Barker turns to theft and petty crime to survive.
Young Musician
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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Philip was provided with an appetite, but he did not relish the idea of going downstairs and joining the rest of Mr. Tucker''s boarders. It would seem like a tacit admission that he was one of their number. Of course, he couldn''t do without eating, but he had a large apple in his pocket when …
Paul the Peddler
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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A young boy supports his family through earnest labor and honesty. Unlike most Alger novels, the plot keeps the unlikely circumstances to a minimum. The one strange event being the affair of the valuable ring, which occupies the last half of the book. This device eliminates the usual rescue by an …
Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California
E-bok, 2017
29 kr
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Horatio Alger was famous for his books featuring teenage boys who worked their way out of poverty with the help of honesty, the sweat of their brows, and quite often a bit of luck. This book was written in 1879 and was the second about our hero Tom Nelson. (Goodreads)
Paul Prescott's Charge
E-bok, 2017
29 kr
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Poor Paul his back ached dreadfully, for he had never before done any harder work than trifling services for his father. But the inexorable Mr. Mudge was in sight, and however much he wished, he did not dare to lay aside his hoe even for a moment.(Excerpt)
Young Explorer
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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Ben heard every word that was said, and it confirmed his suspicions. There was no doubt that an attempt would be made to rob him and his companion before morning, and the prospect was not pleasant. By submitting quietly he would come to no harm, and the loss of the money would not be irreparable. …
Young Bank Messenger
E-bok, 2017
30 kr
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Alger’s writings happened to correspond with America’s Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War.This is another fine work by Alger in the vein of ‘rags to riches’ tales.
