The Short Stories Articles And Poems Of Horatio Alger Jr

Author : Horatio Alger Jr
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ISBN 13 : 9781500731106
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Young Explorer written by Horatio Alger Jr and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Young Explorer is the story of a young orphan boy who helped his uncle at his grocery shop. The boy is not satisfied with his position, sells his paternal property and attempts to explore the possibility for better earning to live a better life. In his endeavor, he escorts a young woman and helps to search her lover who had moved to west to explore his fate in gold mining.The Young Explorer is not only an excellent book for entertainment but also educative for the young people as well as the grownups. Following is a superb example of contradictory notions and the difference between an truly educated person and an uncivilized man who claims his belonging to a better race:Mr. Patrick O'Reilly appeared to hold the opinion that gold-hunting should be confined to the Caucasian race. He looked upon a Chinaman as rather a superior order of monkey, suitable for exhibition in a cage, but not to be regarded as possessing the ordinary rights of an adopted American resident. If he could have looked forward twenty-five years, and foreseen the extent to which these barbarians would throng the avenues of employment, he would, no doubt, have been equally amazed and disgusted. Indeed, the capture of Ki Sing was made through his influence, as Taylor, a man from Ohio, was disposed to let him alone."My name Ki Sing.""Well, it's a haythen name; anyhow," remarked Mr. Patrick O'Eeilly. "Before I'd have such a name, I'd go widout one intirely. Did you hear the gintleman ask you what you came here for?""You bling me," answered Ki Sing shrewdly.There was another laugh."That Chinee ain't no fool!" said Dick Roberts."What made you leave China?" he asked."Me come to Amelica fol gold.""Hi, ho! That's it, is it? What are you going to do with your gold when you find it?""Cally it back to China.""And when you've callied it back, what'll you do then?""Me mally wife, have good time and plenty money to buy lice.""Well, it's a haythen name; anyhow," remarked Mr. Patrick O'Eeilly. "Before I'd have such a name, I'd go widout one intirely. Did you hear the gintleman ask you what you came here for?"Of course, Ki Sing's meaning was plain, but there was a roar of laughter, to which he listened with mild-eyed wonder, evidently thinking that the miners who so looked down on him were themselves a set of outside barbarians, to whom the superior civilization of China was utterly unknown. It is fortunate that his presumption was not suspected by those around him. No one would have resented it more than Mr. Patrick O'Reilly, whose rank as regards enlightenment and education certainly was not very high.On January 13, 1832, Horatio Alger, Jr. was born in Chelsea (now Revere), Massachusetts. His father, Reverend Horatio Alger, was a Unitarian minister at the First Congregational Church and Society at Chelsea. Alger's mother, Olive (Fenno) Alger, was the daughter of a wealthy merchant and landowner.Surprisingly, given his future career as writer, Alger did not learn the alphabet until the age of six and did not begin his formal education until, by his account, the age of ten. Because Alger did not attend school and his father was preoccupied with church business, Alger had a great deal of free-time. This time was filled with reading "whatever came in my way," and included both educational and entertaining works.Until his health failed in 1895 and he was forced to retire, Alger poured out 537 novels and short stories (including variant titles), 94 poems, and 27 articles. Alger's stories appeared in a variety of formats, including hard-cover books, serial publications (magazines and story papers), and pamphlets. Alger is often credited with inventing the "strive and succeed" spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves to attain the American Dream. Many Americans still associate Alger's name with success through honesty, industry, and independence.