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Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3734065445
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger
Author : Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I ain?t knocked round the city streets all my life for nothin?," proclaims Ragged Dick, the fast-talking boy hero of Horatio Alger?s classic rags-to-riches tale. Dick is a plucky street boy who smokes, gambles, and speaks ungrammatically?but he is also honest and hardworking, striving not for wealth and status, but for a steady job, a decent place to sleep, and respectability. A quintessential boy?s novel of adventure, romance, and coming of age, Ragged Dick brings to life the drama and perils of living among other young outcasts in the crowded streets of lower Manhattan. It is at the same time an exhilarating tale of one boy?s metamorphosis from a dirty street urchin to a handsome, self-respecting gentleman
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451469593
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks written by Horatio Alger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic rags-to-riches tale, discover the exhilarating story of one boy’s metamorphosis from a street urchin in New York City to a handsome, self-respecting gentlemen. Part coming of age tale and part adventure novel, Ragged Dick is the story of a fast-talking, plucky street boy who gambles, smokes, and has no formal education. But Dick is also hardworking, striving not for wealth and status, but for a steady job, a decent place to sleep, and respectability. Set amidst the drama and perils of growing up as an outcast in the gritty underbelly of NYC, this novel illustrates the courage, tenacity, and resilience of one young boy who, in the face of adversity, aims to pull himself up by his bootstraps and persevere. With an Introduction by Michael Meyer and a New Afterword by Bryan Waterman
Author : Horatio Alger Jr.
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Alger Jr. and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a typical rags-to-riches story about a young boy growing to success through honorable behavior and hard work. The prominent personage is Ragged Dick, a fourteen-year-old bootblack who earns a living by cleaning shoes, and his only joy is smoking and occasional drinking. Yet, his main virtue is prudence. He won't steal at any occasion and dreams to succeed by earnest work. However, good strangers notice his determination to live a better life and help him either by paying an excellent salary to rent a room or offering him a job and clothing. Eventually, Dick quits drinking and smoking and grows into an honorable young gentleman. Hence, he calls himself Richard Hunter, Esq.
Author : Horatio Horatio Alger Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549647611
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick (Annotated) written by Horatio Horatio Alger Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six-volume Ragged Dick Series and became Alger's best-selling work. The tale follows a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. It had a favorable reception. Student and Schoolmate reported their readers were delighted with the first installment, and Putnam's Magazine thought boys would love the novel. One modern scholar considers the story a "puerile fantasy" about class assimilation. The plot and theme were repeated in Alger's subsequent novels and became the subject of parodies and satires.Ragged Dick and Alger's Silas Snobden's Office Boy inspired the musical comedy Shine! in 1982.
Author : Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Horatio Alger Jr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243741373
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (413 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Alger Jr and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781535589611
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged Dick or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks by Horatio Alger... Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867 and expanded for publicaton as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six-volume Ragged Dick Series and became Alger's best-selling work. The tale follows a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. It had a favorable reception. Student and Schoolmate reported their readers were delighted with the first installment, and Putnam's Magazine thought boys would love the novel. One modern scholar considers the story a "puerile fantasy" about class assimilation. The plot and theme were repeated in Alger's subsequent novels and became the subject of parodies and satires. Ragged Dick and Alger's Silas Snobden's Office Boy inspired the musical comedy Shine! in 1982.
Author : Ric Burns
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 059353414X
Total Pages : 849 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)
Download or read book New York written by Ric Burns and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York—with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations—that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series. This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation’s premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged—indeed, sometimes shaken to its core—by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic—whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city’s vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. The history of this city—especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters—is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world’s first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781543196184
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (961 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks written by Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale follows a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. The book Ragged Dick begins by looking at Ragged Dick through the lenses of 1860s New York and Alger's own life there. 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 determination to succeed) offer their aid. Mr. Greyson, for example, invites him to church and Mr. Whitney gives him five dollars for performing a service. Dick uses the money to open a bank account and to rent his first apartment. He fattens his bank account by practicing frugality and is tutored by his roommate Fosdick in the three R's. When Dick rescues a drowning child, the grateful father rewards him with a new suit and a job in his mercantile firm. With this final event, Richard is "cut off from the old vagabond life which he hoped never to resume" and henceforth will call himself Richard Hunter, Esq The Alger canon is described by Carl Bode of the University of Maryland as "bouncy little books for boys" that promote "the merits of honesty, hard work, and cheerfulness in adversity.
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Hansebooks
ISBN 13 : 9783337897963
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Alger and published by Hansebooks. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged Dick - Street life in New York with the boot-blacks is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Signet
ISBN 13 : 9780451524805
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-blacks written by Horatio Alger and published by Signet. This book was released on 1990 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LITERATURE-CLASSICS & CONTEMPORARY
Author : Jr. Horatio Alger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781723293511
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (935 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks written by Jr. Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger, Jr. serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867, and released as a full length novel in May 1868 by A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six volume Ragged Dick Series, and became Alger's all-time bestseller. The tale follows a poor boot black's rise to middle class respectability in 19th-century New York City. It had a favorable reception. Student and Schoolmate reported their readers were delighted with the first installment and Putnam's Magazine thought boys would love the novel. One modern scholar considers the story a "puerile fantasy" about class assimilation. The plot and theme were repeated virtually in toto in Alger's subsequent novels and became the grist for parodists and satirists. Ragged Dick and Alger's Silas Snobden's Office Boy inspired the musical comedy Shine! in 1982.
Author : Jr. Horatio Alger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 336834238X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks written by Jr. Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Author : Horatio Alger, Jr
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks written by Horatio Alger, Jr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks by Jr. Horatio Alger Ragged Dick's text is based on the 1868 first edition of the book, annotated for student readers. "Contexts" begins by looking at Ragged Dick through the lens of 1860's New York and Alger's life there. Ragged Dick is a 14-year-old licker - he smokes, drinks occasionally and sleeps on the street - but he is anxious "to move on and try to grow" spectable. "He will not steal under any circumstances and many gentlemen who are impressed by this virtue (and from his determination to succeed) offer their help. Mr. Greyson, for example, invites him to church and Mr. Whitney gives him five dollars to perform a service. Dick uses the money to open a bank account and to rent his First apartment. He increases his bank balance by practicing frugality and is educated by his roommate Fosdick in the three Rs. When Dick rescues a drowning child, his grateful father rewards him with a new suit and a job at his merchant company. With this final event, Richard is "cut off from the old wandering life he hoped never to get back" and will henceforth be called Richard Hunter, Esq.
Author : William Dean Howells
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Hazard of New Fortunes written by William Dean Howells and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-03-28T06:39:24Z with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basil March jumps at the chance to leave his boring job to become the founding editor of a new magazine. But this also means that he must leave comfortable Boston for the confusion and chaos of 1890s New York. As March and his wife try to find a decent place to live, he also struggles to find contributors and readers. The Marches are quickly drawn into the tangled lives of their fellow New Yorkers: a bitter German socialist who lost his hand fighting for the Union in the Civil War, a colonel nostalgic for slavery, Bohemian artists, increasingly desperate workers on strike, a slick publicist, a starchy society family, and a wealthy farmer-turned-speculator who hurts those he loves most. Born in Ohio, William Dean Howells was a highly successful magazine editor before he became a full-time writer. He believed that this midlife novel, which draws on his own family’s experiences moving from Boston to New York, was his “most vital work.” Mark Twain, whom Howells helped early in his career, called A Hazard of New Fortunes “the exactest & truest portrayal of New York and New York life ever written … a great book.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Author : Horatio Algers, Jr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Ragged Dick written by Horatio Algers, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher A. K. Loring. 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 determination to succeed) offer their aid. Mr. Greyson, for example, invites him to church and Mr. Whitney gives him five dollars for performing a service. Dick uses the money to open a bank account and to rent his first apartment. He fattens his bank account by practicing frugality and is tutored by his roommate Fosdick in the three R's. When Dick rescues a drowning child, the grateful father rewards him with a new suit and a job in his mercantile firm.
