Alger: 474 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: 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...

Alger’s writings happened to correspond with America’s Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War.This is another fine work by Alger in the vein of ‘rags to riches’ tales.

If youve 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. Algers works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: 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...

Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834. He was the son of a clergyman; was graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity School in 1860; and was pastor of the...

Horatio Alger's "GRIT," also known as "The Young Boatman of Pine Point. Horatio Alger is known for his many "rags to riches" books. "Grit" is one of his later ones.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: 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...

Chester Rand Horatio Alger Jr., prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899) This ebook presents «Chester Rand», from Horatio Alger Jr.. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- SILAS...

Randy of the River Horatio Alger Jr., prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899) This ebook presents «Randy of the River», from Horatio Alger Jr.. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book...

Brave and Bold Horatio Alger Jr., prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899) This ebook presents «Brave and Bold», from Horatio Alger Jr.. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- THE...

Ralph Raymond's Heir written by Horatio Alger Jr. who was a prolific 19th-century American writer. This book was published in 1869. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's...

Joe the Hotel Boy Horatio Alger Jr., prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899) This ebook presents «Joe the Hotel Boy», from Horatio Alger Jr.. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02-...

Young Captain Jack Horatio Alger Jr., prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899) This ebook presents «Young Captain Jack», from Horatio Alger Jr.. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PREFACE...