Horatio: 498 books

Wait and Hope is the fourth and final novel in the Brave and Bold Series. The book opens with fourteen-year-old hero Ben Bradford fired from work at the mill. His good-natured spendthrift friend James Watson does not take the news as poorly as Ben, who is an orphan raised by his aunt and late uncle....

Through some conspiracy, the hero of this story was taken from his relatives as a baby and given into the care of a kind woman. Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband's name, Frank Fowler. She had one little daughter, Grace, and showing no partiality in the treatment of her children, Frank...

Young Grit runs a ferry service across the Kennebec River when his unsavory stepfather, Brandon, returns from prison and promises to make life for Grit and his mother even more difficult. To satisfy his drinking habit, he sells Harry's boat, making it difficult for him to support the family.  When...

Jack's Ward, published first in book form in 1875 is the second volume in Alger's Brave and Bold Series. It tells the story of an impoverished family discovers a child on their doorstep and undertakes to raise the infant. Set in New York City, it is full to the brim of adventure, kidnapping, phony...

In this story, Jack ends up a captain of a ship during the Civil War (lots of great historical backdrop as an added bonus!) using the persistence, 'strive and succeed' principles that Alger promoted - this book is a real page-turner, powerful characters, dramatic plot, and full of adventure and impactful...

Sixteen-year-old Mark Mason, a New York City messenger boy, uses his business acumen to thwart his uncle's plan to defraud Marks mother of her rightful inheritance. Readers should be aware that there are two versions of this book -- this one, published by A. L. Burt, in 1899, and a post-1900...

Joe Bodley has been living with a hermit for a number of years. Finally, he decides to strike out on his own. Joe moves to the city and finds work in hotel. It's a hard row for Joe, and he faces a number of obstacles to success. This edition of the book contains the four original illustrations,...

Most of Alger novels begin with a teen-age son forced to leave home to earn money to support a family member, often his mother. However, the story of Frank Kavanagh starts with him on his own. His unkind Uncle and Aunt tossed him out with enough money to get from outside Hartford, Connecticut, to...

In Brave and Bold, our hero, Robert Rushton, is poor, but honest, forthright, and resolute. His father has, apparently, drowned at sea and, unbeknownst to Robert or his mother, has deposited a fortune—$5,000—with a neer-do-well factory superintendent, and father of a snobbish son—a thorn in...

Adrift in the City or Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight written by Horatio Alger, Jr. who was a prolific 19th-century American writer. This book was published in 1902. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately...

Phil Brent's mean-spirited step-mother cooks up a scheme to cheat him out of his rightful inheritance by claiming her son is Phil when Phil's father comes looking for him. It is nip-and-tuck through the rest of the book whether Phil will prevail -- indeed, whether he will survive the trials and tribulations...

Horatio Alger tells the story of young boy from New York, thrust into the heart of poverty, but who makes his way up in the world through a combination of pluck and luck. Mostly luck. Although Dan does a good job of acting a gentleman and not wasting the money he comes across, fortune is practically...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Horatio Alger Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class...

This is the complete and unabrigded six-volume Ragged Dick Series. Most of the books were first serialized in young people's magazines, then expanded and published as full-lengt novels. Ragged Dick (later Richard Hunter) is the first volume, and became Alger's best-selling work. He plays a central...