Horatio Alger: 442 books

Helen Ford works as a seamstress in a typical 1800's sweat shop, supporting her father, a dreamer who wants to invent a flying machine. There is money in the family, however, kept at a distance by a deceitful nephew who schemes to take the fortune for himself. The nephew has kept the family separated for some time. This is suspense and mystery.

Tom Carver twirled his delicate cane and walked on complacently, feeling no pity for the schoolfellow with whom he used to be so intimate. He was intensely selfish - a more exceptional thing with boys than men. It sometimes happens that a boy who passes for good-hearted changes into a selfish man;...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: "OUT FOR BUSINESS" is a complete tale in itself, but forms the first of two companion stories, the second being entitled "Falling in with Fortune." In this tale are related the various...

Among our public men there is not one whose life can be studied with more interest and profit by American youth than that of Abraham Lincoln. It is not alone that, born in an humble cabin, he reached the highest position accessible to an American, but especially because in every position which he...

Gerald Lane heads west to seek his fortune and claim the money owed his father by an unscrupulous former business partner.

‘Ragged Dick’ is a fourteen-year-old bootblack – he smokes, drinks occasionally, and sleeps on the streets – but he is anxious "to turn over a new leaf, and try to grow up 'spectable". He won't steal under any circumstances, and many gentlemen who are impressed with this virtue (and his determination to succeed) offer their aid… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Ben Baker, 16, leaves his widowed mother in Connecticut, to seek his fortune in New York City. He goes to New York and takes a job working in his rich uncle's department store, unaware that his uncle made...

Another in the popular series of tales about real boys who 'did honest things successfully'. Several years have elapsed. Ben is in the office of a real estate lawyer in New York, as junior partner. All Mrs. Hamilton's business is in his hands, and it is generally thought that he will receive a handsome...

Short excerpt: In spite of the dirt, his face was strikingly handsome, especially when lighted up by a smile, as was often the case, for in spite of the hardships of his lot, and these were neither few nor light, Filippo was naturally merry and light-hearted.

An account of the boyhood and manhood of James A Garfield from a significant and popular figure in the history of American social ideals.

The ups and downs in the life of a young boy are captured in these pages. This narrative makes it crystal clear that evil cannot prosper for long; be it deception or lie it will be bared before the world for what it really is. Deeply moralistic!