Jr Alger: 203 books

After focusing almost exclusively on the U. S. East Coast, and more specifically, New York city, Horatio Alger, Jr. began setting his novels in the American West. In this way, he hoped to increase book sales and to suggest a new way for young men to succeed outside city life. Perhaps lacking sufficient...

Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret convinced generations that they could triumph over their circumstances and become an "Alger Hero." The arrival of old Jacob Marlowe to their nineteenth-century town starts a chain of events that bring many changes in the lives and fortunes...

Bertha's Christmas Vision was Horatio Alger, Jr.'s first book, although he had been writing as a paid journalist for a local paper for a few years after graduating from Harvard. The book is a collection of short stories and verses that share holiday, family, and loving themes. It is easy to see Alger's...

In this 1894 novel, Carl Crawford is driven from home by his scheming step-mother who wishes to possess her husband's entire fortune for herself and her own son. Carl has to learn how to turn adversity into success -- if he can. A great example of personal success story-telling from the master,...

Frank's Campaign, written in 1864, centers around fifteen-year-old Frank Frost, who, in a patriotic gesture, offers to postpone his schooling in order to tend the farm after his father enlists in the Union army. Frank organizes a marching and drilling corps of the area boys, hence the book's title,...

Nat Nason, a poor country boy with a strong desire to better his condition leaves the country after a quarrel with his miserly uncle - and strikes out to the big city to find his fortune. Nat's eyes open as he sees the difference between life in a quiet country place and in a great bustling city. He...

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...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Set in 19th century New York, this is the story of a wealthy old man who adopts his orphaned nephew and niece after his own four year old son mysteriously disappears. However, under a smooth exterior,...

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...

Mark the Match Boy is the third volume in Alger's "Ragged Dick Series." Between the first and third volume, Richard Hunter, or "Ragged Dick" as he was known, has found a good job and gained some education. Eventually he and a friend help a boy named Mark, who tried to earn a living...

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...