Alger: 474 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Nothing to Eat Horatio Alger, Jr's Children's book, 19th Century's title, here is a piece of the content as it began; THOUGH famine prevails not at all in the city; Though none of starvation have died in...

An orphan, Joe leaves New York to try his luck in California. He works hard in San Francisco and tries mining on the Yuba River. In Joe?s Luck, Joe had Alger?s essential virtues for success: bravery, generosity, kindness and perseverance.

'Geslaagde actuele thriller met twee sterke vrouwen in de hoofdrol.' LINDA Annabels schijnbaar perfecte expatleven in Genève spat uit elkaar wanneer haar man Matthew omkomt bij een vliegramp. Als ze erachter komt dat er opzet in het spel was, komt dit haar duur te staan: haar leven loopt gevaar....

Published in 1900, this book follows the adventures of intrepid sixteen-year-old Dean Dunham as he travels to find his fortune and tries to solve the mystery of his uncle's robbery. A classic novel loaded with action and adventure. Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was...

This book is written in the typical Alger style. Herbert is a poor boy who sets out, with the help of his great uncle, to clear his father's name of a crime he did not commit…

THE Hamilton Academy, under the charge of Rev. Dr. Euclid, stands on an eminence about ten rods back from the street, in the town of the same name. It is a two-story building, surmounted by a cupola, or belfry, and, being neatly painted brown and well cared for, is, on the whole, an ornament to the village.

First published in 1873 by A. L. Burt Company, Bound to Rise tells the story of Harry Walton, the son of a farmer who is experiencing rough financial times. Using Benjamin Franklin as a model, Henry sets out to save his family's farm from a dishonorable man's loan of exorbitant interest rate through...

Published in 1884, this is the story of the struggles of a young boy in the late-19th century, when most young people had to make their living through hard work, without any family support or any other external help. Left penniless after his inheritance is lost by his guardian, sixteen-year-old...

Philip Gray's father has died, destitute, and Squire Pope, who, of course, owns his home, throws Philip out with nothing except a stock certificate for 100 shares in a California gold mine, a note for a large sum of money which is probably useless, his father's gold watch, and his violin. Philip encounters...

John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and his long lost son – if alive. John thinks it would be best if Florence and Curtis were married, and makes it a requirement if Florence wishes to have any of...

Adrift in the City follows the adventures of Oliver Conrad, who, at fifteen, lives in a country mansion with his stepfather, stepbrother and mother. Oliver’s stepfather secretly commits his mother to a madhouse to steal her estate and pretends she has died. To get Oliver out of the picture, his...

"The story of a very good boy who is the victim of a wicked stepmother. He is driven from home and is always brave, and by the exercise of these virtues he becomes great and prosperous, and finally recovers the property his enemy has for a time kept from him. The story starts in New England,...

Bernard Brooks, a fifteen-year-old orphan, is sent to Ezekiel Snowdon's rural boarding school by his New York guardian, Cornelius McCracken, who has secretly appropriated $10,000 belonging to Bernard. Bernard runs away from the school to avoid undeserved beatings. He meets many characters along...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Young Captain Jack relates the adventures of a boy waif, who is cast upon the Atlantic shore of one of our Southern States and taken into one of the leading families of the locality. The youth grows up...