From Canal Boy to President: The Boyhood and Manhood of James Garfield (Illustrated Edition)

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age
Cover of the book From Canal Boy to President: The Boyhood and Manhood of James Garfield (Illustrated Edition) by Horatio Alger Jr., Charles River Editors
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Author: Horatio Alger Jr. ISBN: 9781619827103
Publisher: Charles River Editors Publication: January 12, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
ISBN: 9781619827103
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Publication: January 12, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
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 work, determination, courage, honesty, and morals was popular with both adults and younger readers. Algers writings happened to correspond with Americas Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War. His lifelong theme of rags to riches continued to gain popularity but has gradually lessened since the 1920s. Still, readers today often come across Ragged Dick and stories like it in school. This edition of Algers From Canal Boy to President: The Boyhood and Manhood of James Garfield is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with pictures of Alger, Jr.
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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 work, determination, courage, honesty, and morals was popular with both adults and younger readers. Algers writings happened to correspond with Americas Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War. His lifelong theme of rags to riches continued to gain popularity but has gradually lessened since the 1920s. Still, readers today often come across Ragged Dick and stories like it in school. This edition of Algers From Canal Boy to President: The Boyhood and Manhood of James Garfield is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with pictures of Alger, Jr.

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