Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730989685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. Alger's name is often invoked incorrectly as though he himself rose from rags to riches, but that arc applied to his characters, not to the author. Essentially, all of Alger's novels share the same theme: a young boy struggles through hard work to escape poverty. Critics, however, are quick to point out that it is not the hard work itself that rescues the boy from his fate, but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty, which brings him into contact with a wealthy elder gentleman, who takes the boy in as a ward.
Joe the Hotel Boy (Illustrated)
Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730989685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. Alger's name is often invoked incorrectly as though he himself rose from rags to riches, but that arc applied to his characters, not to the author. Essentially, all of Alger's novels share the same theme: a young boy struggles through hard work to escape poverty. Critics, however, are quick to point out that it is not the hard work itself that rescues the boy from his fate, but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty, which brings him into contact with a wealthy elder gentleman, who takes the boy in as a ward.
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730989685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. Alger's name is often invoked incorrectly as though he himself rose from rags to riches, but that arc applied to his characters, not to the author. Essentially, all of Alger's novels share the same theme: a young boy struggles through hard work to escape poverty. Critics, however, are quick to point out that it is not the hard work itself that rescues the boy from his fate, but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty, which brings him into contact with a wealthy elder gentleman, who takes the boy in as a ward.
The Motor Boys Afloat
Author: Clarence Young
Publisher:
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Church School Journal
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
The Motor Boys in Mexico; Or, The Secret of the Buried City
Author: Clarence Young
Publisher:
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Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Motor Boys
Author: Clarence Young
Publisher:
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Motor Boys Overland, Or, A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune
Author: Clarence Young
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Cumulative Book Index
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
True Tales of the Plains
Author: Buffalo Bill
Publisher:
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Through the Air to the North Pole
Author: Roy Rockwood
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Guns and Snowshoes
Author: Ralph Bonehill
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. 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 as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. 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 as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!