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Book Synopsis The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr by : Gary Scharnhorst
Download or read book The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr written by Gary Scharnhorst and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches juvenile novels of poor boys parlaying "luck and pluck'' into "fame and fortune"' did much to shape and popularize the American success myth. This is a biography of the intensely private man. Ousted from a Unitarian pulpit in Brewster, Massachusetts, in 1866 for sodomizing young boys, Alger spent the final half of his life obscuring his past, and ordered all personal papers burned after his death in 1899. In 1927, the essential Alger was further obscured when Herbert Mayes published a fabricated biography based on a nonexistent diary which "exposed'' Alger as a lecher who wrote to fund his travels in pursuit of a married woman.
Book Synopsis The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr. by : Gary Scharnhorst
Download or read book The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr. written by Gary Scharnhorst and published by . This book was released on with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horatio Alger, Jr by : Gary Scharnhorst
Download or read book Horatio Alger, Jr written by Gary Scharnhorst and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1980 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horatio Alger Jr., Collection Novels by : Horatio Alger Jr.
Download or read book Horatio Alger Jr., Collection Novels written by Horatio Alger Jr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr. (1832 -1899) 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth" a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual. In this book: Grit Luck and Pluck Ragged Dick The Store Boy In Search of Treasure
Book Synopsis Horatio's Boys by : Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Download or read book Horatio's Boys written by Edwin Palmer Hoyt and published by Radnor, Pa : Chilton Book Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rough and Ready by : Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Download or read book Rough and Ready written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rufus, also known as Rough and Ready, is a newsboy who must protect his sister, Rose, from an alcoholic stepfather, James Martin. Through luck, hard work, and honesty, Rufus finds a home for Rose with a kindly seamstress and prospers in his business of selling newspapers. However, Mr. Martin is lurking in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to reclaim the children and hatches a plot to kidnap Rose.
Book Synopsis Cast Upon the Breakers by : Horatio Alger
Download or read book Cast Upon the Breakers written by Horatio Alger and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You look like a good truthful boy. Here are ten dollars for you.""Oh, thank you, ma'am! You're a gentleman," said Mike overjoyed. "No, I don't mean that, but I hope you'll soon get a handsome husband.""My young friend, I don't care to marry, though I appreciate your good wishes. I am an old maid from principle. I am an officer of the Female Suffrage Association.""Is it a good payin' office, ma'am?" asked Mike, visibly impressed.-from "Chapter X: Mike Puts on a Uniform"It's entirely possibly that the 20th-century concept of "the American dream" would not exist without the cheerfully idealistic novels of Horatio Alger, Jr. Enormous bestsellers in their day, Alger's rags-to-riches tales nurtured the nation's faltering idealism during the economic inequities of the Gilded Age. Known as the "lost" Alger story, Cast Upon the Breakers first appeared under a pseudonym in serial form in Argosy magazine in 1893.The tale of Rodney Ropes and his pals, who transform hard work and integrity pay off in wealth and comfort, it is vintage Alger, a relic of 19th-century Americana that is still an inspiring delight in the 21st century.American writer HORATIO ALGER, JR. (1832-1899) wrote well over 100 novels, among them Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York (1867), Sink or Swim (1870), and Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab (1871).
Book Synopsis Horatio Alger, JR. by : Frank Gruber
Download or read book Horatio Alger, JR. written by Frank Gruber and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Digging for Gold Horatio Alger Jr. by : Horatio Alger Jr.
Download or read book Digging for Gold Horatio Alger Jr. written by Horatio Alger Jr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr.(1832 - 1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, which included four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with 'William Taylor Adams', a boys' author, changed Alger's interest to writing for the juvenile market. His first book for young people, "Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York," was a huge success, securing the author's fame among the youth of America.
Book Synopsis Try and Trust by : Horatio Alger (Jr.)
Download or read book Try and Trust written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Brave and Bold (1874). By: Horatio Alger by : Horatio Alger
Download or read book Brave and Bold (1874). By: Horatio Alger written by Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr. ( January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth" a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual. Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. This novel was a huge success. His many books that followed were essentially variations on Ragged Dick and featured casts of stock characters: the valiant hard-working, honest youth, the noble mysterious stranger, the snobbish youth, and the evil, greedy squire. In the 1870s, Alger's fiction was growing stale. His publisher suggested he tour the American West for fresh material to incorporate into his fiction. Alger took a trip to California, but the trip had little effect on his writing: he remained mired in the tired theme of "poor boy makes good." The backdrops of these novels, however, became the American West rather than the urban environments of the northeastern United States. In the last decades of the 19th century, Alger's moral tone coarsened with the change in boys' tastes. Sensational thrills were wanted by the public. The Protestant work ethic had loosened its grip on America, and violence, murder, and other sensational themes entered Alger's works. Public librarians questioned whether his books should be made available to the young. They were briefly successful, but interest in Alger's novels was renewed in the first decades of the 20th century, and they sold in the thousands. By the time he died in 1899, Alger had published around a hundred volumes. He is buried in Natick, Massachusetts. Since 1947, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans has awarded scholarships and prizes to deserving individuals. Pen name: Carl Cantab Arthur Hamilton Caroline F. Preston Arthur Lee Putnam Julian Starr
Book Synopsis Fame and Fortune by : Horatio Alger Jr
Download or read book Fame and Fortune written by Horatio Alger Jr and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, 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 correspondents whose position makes their approval of value, have confirmed the author in his purpose to write a series of stories intended to illustrate the life and experiences of the friendless and vagrant children to be found in all our cities, numbering in New York alone over twelve thousand.
Download or read book The Store Boy written by Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Store Boy by Horatio Alger
Download or read book Tattered Tom written by Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Tattered Tom by Horatio Alger
Book Synopsis The Lost Tales of Horatio Alger by : Horatio Alger
Download or read book The Lost Tales of Horatio Alger written by Horatio Alger and published by Acadia Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cast Upon the Breakers (1893). By: Horatio Alger by : Horatio Alger
Download or read book Cast Upon the Breakers (1893). By: Horatio Alger written by Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr. ( January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth" a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual. Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. This novel was a huge success. His many books that followed were essentially variations on Ragged Dick and featured casts of stock characters: the valiant hard-working, honest youth, the noble mysterious stranger, the snobbish youth, and the evil, greedy squire. In the 1870s, Alger's fiction was growing stale. His publisher suggested he tour the American West for fresh material to incorporate into his fiction. Alger took a trip to California, but the trip had little effect on his writing: he remained mired in the tired theme of "poor boy makes good." The backdrops of these novels, however, became the American West rather than the urban environments of the northeastern United States. In the last decades of the 19th century, Alger's moral tone coarsened with the change in boys' tastes. Sensational thrills were wanted by the public. The Protestant work ethic had loosened its grip on America, and violence, murder, and other sensational themes entered Alger's works. Public librarians questioned whether his books should be made available to the young. They were briefly successful, but interest in Alger's novels was renewed in the first decades of the 20th century, and they sold in the thousands. By the time he died in 1899, Alger had published around a hundred volumes. He is buried in Natick, Massachusetts. Since 1947, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans has awarded scholarships and prizes to deserving individuals. Pen name: Carl Cantab Arthur Hamilton Caroline F. Preston Arthur Lee Putnam Julian Starr
Download or read book Brave and Bold written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, 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 characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth": a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual.