Alger: 474 books

The character that stands like a rock in the face of adversity will be the one who triumphs over all difficulties. Alger has presented a young boy who achieves success in the face of highest turbulence and discouragement. That life is itself a challenge meant to be bravely taken up has been shown in these pages.

A fantastic novel by prolific American author Horatio Alger, famous for his portrayals, as in this story, of the adventures of lower class boys, such as buskers, shoeshiners, etc., at they rise above adversity to attain higher class lives.

Horatio Alger's tale for young readers.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. 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...

Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving is a collection of his writings, most of which had previously been published earlier in various periodicals. Several, such as “Carving a Name,” “Where is My Boy Tonight?”, “Last Words,” “Song of the Croaker,” and others, achieved considerable vogue...

The adventures of a boy who is cast upon the Atlantic shore of a Southern State and taken into the home of one of the leading families. The youth grows up as a member of the family, knowing little or nothing of his past. Set at the time of the Civil War, fears of battle and bloodshed fill him and his adopted clan

Outstanding coming of age tale by Horatio Alger.

Published in 1892 by the John C. Winston Co., "Digging for Gold" tells this story: overworked and underpaid by his miserly stepfather, sixteen-year-old Grant Colburn, a resourceful Iowa farm boy, travels 2,000 miles to seek his fortune in the gold mines of California. Horatio Alger,...

Horatio Alger's tale of a young man who makes his way in life and through hardships by becoming a newsboy to start with.  Great reading for younger men, to learn the values of work and integrity.

"The Young Adventurer" is the initial volume of the Pacific Series, four stories relating to the Pacific coast and the intervening country. This novel presents the story of Tom Nelson, who aspires to help his father meet a $2,000 mortgage by making his fortune in the California gold fields. Tom...

From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webter written by Horatio Alger Jr. who was an American writer. This book was published in 1882. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While...

Horatio Alger's tale of honesty and hard work, for young men.

Alger describes young men in the city trying to get a head as newsboys, match boys, pedlars, street musicians, and many others. Through luck and hard work, sixteen-year-old Ohio farm boy Nat finds surprising success in nineteenth-century New York City.

Not many minutes walk from Broadway, situated on one of the cross streets intersecting the great thoroughfare, is a large building not especially inviting in its aspect, used as a lodging and boarding-house. It is very far from fashionable, since, with hardly an exception, those who avail themselves...