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Horatio Alger Jr.
Book List in Order: 100 titles
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Andy Gordon
- May-1850
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The Hamilton Academy, under the charge of Rev. Dr. Euclid, stands on an eminence about ten rods back from the street, in the town of the same name. It is a two-story building, surmounted by a cupola, or belfry, and, being neatly painted brown and wel...
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Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes
- Sep-2006
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Horatio Alger was a man who lived with a terrible secret -- a secret dark and troubling -- something shameful, in fact. As a young man, that secret took hold of his life, and he left the life and the life's work he had made for himself in Boston, ...
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Rough and Ready
- Jul-2017
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Rough and Ready is Book #4 in the Ragged Dick series, and another exciting story. Rufus (or Rough & Ready as his street name), an entrepreneurial newsboy, escapes with his younger sister from an abusive, drunken step-father, and vows to set up a bett...
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Falling In With Fortune The Experiences Of A Young Secretary Jr.
- Jul-2019
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A telegram for you, Robert.A telegram for me? repeated Robert Frost, as he took the envelope which his fellow clerk, Livingston Palmer, handed him. I wonder where it can be from?Perhaps it's from your mother. Your step-father may be sick again, and s...
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Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve Jr.
- Jul-2019
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It's very rare that a book can mean so much for professional sporting; Prof. Dr. Jan Olbrecht's book does! - He has a Ph. D. in physiology and biomechanics and is training adviser to numerous world class athletes - His method is based upon careful pl...
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Adrift In New York; Or, Tom And Florence Braving The World
Horatio Alger was a prolific American author in the 19th century best known for his novels featuring a rags to riches narrative. Alger’s books were influential in the Gilded Age which coincided with the Victorian era in Britain. This ed...
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Andy Grant's Pluck
Horatio Alger was a prolific American author in the 19th century best known for his novels featuring a rags to riches narrative. Alger’s books were influential in the Gilded Age which coincided with the Victorian era in Britain. This ed...
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Ballads
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....
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Ben, the Luggage Boy, Or, Among the Wharves
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 w...
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Ben's Nugget
Ben''s Nugget, A Boys Search for Fortune is the concluding volume of the Pacific Series. It isis an inspirational story about how individual traits and efforts help one to succeed. It compares and contrasts two characters, their attitudes, efforts an...
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Cash Boy
A group of boys was assembled in an open field to the west of the public schoolhouse in the town of Crawford. Most of them held hats in their hands, while two, stationed sixty feet distant from each other, were "having catch." Tom Pinkerton, s...
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Cast Upon The Breakers
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.Well, good by, Rodney! I leave school tomorrow. I am going to learn a trade....
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Charlie Codman's Cruise
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Chester Rand; or, the New Path to Fortune
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 w...
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Dan, the Newsboy
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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A Debt of Honor
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Digging For Gold
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Do And Dare - A Brave Boy's Fight For Fortune
A novel that absorbs the reader due to the larger-than-life efforts of the protagonist. It is an in-depth portrayal of how determination, courage and hard work lead to success and greatness. Horatio has portrayed America as the emblem of fulfilling a...
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Facing The World
Horatio Alger was a prolific American author in the 19th century best known for his novels featuring a rags to riches narrative. Alger’s books were influential in the Gilded Age which coincided with the Victorian era in Britain. This ed...
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Fancy of Hers
First published in 1892, this engrossing tale introduces us to the charming Mabel Frost Fairfax. She arrives in the village of Granville as the newly-appointed school teacher. Through her experiences, Alger presents a vivid and life-like picture of v...
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Frank And Fearless; Or, The Fortunes Of Jasper Kent
A dozen boys were playing ball in a field adjoining the boarding-school of Dr. Pericles Benton, in the town of Walltham, a hundred and twenty-five miles northeast of the city of New York. These boys varied in age from thirteen to seventeen. In anothe...
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Frank Hunter's Peril
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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From Farm To Fortune; Or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Harry Vane
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Helping Himself
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In A New World
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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In Search of Treasure
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Jed, the Poorhouse Boy
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1899. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... "I wonder how the girl came to give the boy th...
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Luck and Pluck
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Mark Manning's Mission
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Mark Mason's Victory
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Mark the Match Boy
Mark the Match Boy is the third volume in Alger's Ragged Dick Series. Between the first and third volume, Richard Hunter, or Ragged Dick as he was known, has found a good job and gained some education. Eventually he and a friend help a boy named Mark...
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Nothing To Eat
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Paul Prescott's Charge
The character that stands like a rock in the face of adversity will be the one who triumphs over all difficulties. Alger has presented a young boy who achieves success in the face of highest turbulence and discouragement. That life is itself a challe...
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Phil the Fiddler, or, the Story of a Young Street Musician
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.Among the most interesting and picturesque classes of street children in New York are the young Italian musicians, who wander about our streets with harps, violins, or tambourines, playing wherever they can ...
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Robert Coverdale's Struggle
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 w...
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Rufus And Rose; Or, The Fortunes Of Rough And Ready
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 w...
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Shifting for Himself; Or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Telegraph Boy
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Timothy Crump's Ward
The American ideal of achieving one's dream through hard work is depicted here. The work assists in understanding the cultural and social development taking place in America at that time. The protagonist's journey from rags to riches is depicted in a...
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The Tin Box And What It Contained
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 w...
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Tom Temple's Career
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Tom Turner's Legacy
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
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Tom, The Bootblack; Or, The Road To Success
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 w...
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Walter Sherwood's Probation
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Western Boy
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Young Bank Messenger
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Young Explorer, Or, Among The Sierras
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Young Musician; Or, Fighting His Way
"As for the boy," said Squire Pope, with his usual autocratic air, "I shall place him in the poorhouse.""But, Benjamin," said gentle Mrs. Pope, who had a kindly and sympathetic heart, "isn't that a little hard?""Hard, Almira?" said the squire, archin...
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Young Salesman
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Young Circus Rider
The Young Circus Rider is the first in Alger's Atlantic Series. In the Preface, he notes that having just completed the Pacific series, the Atlantic Series is set nearer his home. Of course, most of the characters in his books lived in New York City....
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Abraham Lincoln, the Backwoods Boy; Or, How A Young Rail Splitter Became President
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Bernard Brooks' Adventures; or, The Experience of a Plucky Boy
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Bob Burton - The Young Ranchman of Missouri
Richard Burton, a ranch owner in Iowa on the Missouri River, is in debt to miser Aaron Wolverton, and makes the semi-annual interest payment on his mortgage. Aaron hates Richard because his wife, Mary Burton, took Richard's proposal above his own. He...
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Bound to Rise; Or, Up the Ladder
Horatio Alger was a prolific American author in the 19th century best known for his novels featuring a rags to riches narrative. Alger’s books were influential in the Gilded Age which coincided with the Victorian era in Britain. This ed...
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A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker
In A Boy's Fortune, Ben Baker, 16, leaves his widowed mother in Connecticut, to seek his fortune in New York City. He goes to New York and takes a job working in his rich uncle's department store, unaware that his uncle made his fortune by robbing Be...
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Brave and Bold; or, the Fortunes of Robert Rushton
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....
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Claiming His Fortune
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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A Cousin's Conspiracy; or, a Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance
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 w...
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Driven From Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.A boy of sixteen, with a small gripsack in his hand, trudged along the country road. He was of good height for his age, strongly built, and had a frank, attractive face. He was naturally of a cheerful temp...
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The Erie Train Boy
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technolog...
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The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
Truth and honesty succeed over malice; sooner or later the good prevails against the evil. Alger has presented here a narrative where the protagonist, due to his upright behaviour, triumphs against odds. The brilliantly depicted characters and the li...
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Falling in with Fortune; or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary
Horatio Alger Jr.(1832 " 1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, including four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with ‘William Taylor Adams’, a boys’ author, chang...
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Fame and Fortune; or, the Progress of Richard Hunter
"Fame and Fortune:" like its predecessor, "Ragged Dick:" was contributed as a serial story to the "Schoolmate," a popular juvenile magazine published in Boston. The generous commendations of the first volume by the Press, and by private correspondent...
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Five Hundred Dollars; Or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
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 w...
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Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy
If you’ve ever used the phrase “rags to riches,” you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Alger’s works...
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Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm And The Camp
According to Wikipedia: "Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 " July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author whose principal output was formulaic juvenile novels that followed the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers,...
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From Canal Boy To President; Or, The Boyhood And Manhood Of James A. Garfield
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....
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Grant Thornton's Ambition
This book is one of the worlds greatest youth inspirational novels. Grant the hero is a right-minded, diligent, honest, intelligent, and brave boy, who excels in school and is full of hopes and expectations for the future. When he is ready to go to c...
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Hector's Inheritance; Or, the Boys of Smith Institute
One of the masterpieces by Horatio. The book narrates the hardships faced by a child, Hector after the death of his father. His uncle provides false evidence to prove him as an adopted child and thus he could not be entitled to inherit the estate. Wi...
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Helen Ford
Helen Ford is one of only two novels by Horatio Alger, Jr. with a female heroine. Originally aimed at the adult market, Helen Ford found little commercial success. Helen has the responsibility of caring for her father, a typical Alger misfit, this on...
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Herbert Carter's Legacy; Or, the Inventor's Son
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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How Phil Brent Won Success
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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Jack's Ward; Or, the Boy Guardian
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "Look here, boy, can you hold my horse a few minutes?" asked a gentleman, as he jumped...
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Joe The Hotel Boy; Or, Winning Out By Pluck
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Joe's Luck; or, Always Wide Awake
An orphan, Joe leaves New York to try his luck in California. He works hard in San Francisco and tries mining on the Yuba River. In Joe?s Luck, Joe had Alger?s essential virtues for success: bravery, generosity, kindness and perseverance....
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Luke Walton, the Chicago Newsboy
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 w...
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Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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On the Wave of Success
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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Paul The Peddler, Or, The Fortunes Of A Young Street Merchant
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.Here's your prize packages! Only five cents! Money prize in every package! Walk up, gentlemen, and try your luck!...
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Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks
A plucky street boy who smokes, gambles, and speaks ungrammatically, Dick is also honest and hardworking. A quintessential novel of adventure, romance, and coming-of-age, it is also an exhilarating tale of one boy's metamorphosis from dirty street...
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Randy of the River; or, the Adventures of a Young Deckhand
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Risen from the Ranks; Or, Harry Walton's Success
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....
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Sam's Chance and How He Improved It
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technolog...
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Slow and Sure; Or, from the Street to the Shop
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 w...
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The Store Boy; or, the Fortunes of Ben Barclay
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Ben Barclay checked the horse he was driving and looked attentively at the speaker. He...
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Strive and Succeed
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author of approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works are rags-to-riches stories of down-and-out boys who achieve success through hard work and moral virtue....
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Struggling Upward; Or, Luck Larkin's Luck
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.One Saturday afternoon in January a lively and animated group of boys were gathered on the western side of a large pond in the village of Groveton. Prominent among them was a tall, pleasant-looking young man...
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Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
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Wait and Hope
Wait and Hope is part of a series of stories of boys working hard and achieving the American dream. Alger wrote these to help instill the principle of Strive and Succeed, Personal Growth and Work to Achieve the American Dream. Horatio Alger, Jr. auth...
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The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains
Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author whose principal output was juvenile novels following the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children in their rise from humble backg...
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Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son Of A Soldier
The adventures of a boy who is cast upon the Atlantic shore of a Southern State and taken into the home of one of the leading local families. The youth grows up as a member of the family, knowing little or nothing of his past. Set at the time of the ...
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The Young Explorer, Claiming His Fortune
Author Horatio Alger's name is synonymous with the idea of the American dream -- the notion that anyone can find affluence through dedication and hard work. The Young Explorer is the third volume of Alger's famed Pacific series, which recounts an amb...
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The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson In California
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 w...
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The Young Outlaw; Or, Adrift in the Streets
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...