The Young Outlaw (Illustrated)

or, Adrift in the Streets

This is the sixth volume of the Tattered Tom Series, and the twelfth of the stories which are wholly or mainly devoted to street-life in New York. Alger wrote this book specifically to show what happens when young boys don't have the moral compass generated by "enterprise, industry and integrity."

[The Young Outlaw different from the usual rags-to-riches story by Horatio Alger -- because the "hero" [Sam Barlow] is not honorable, steals and lies when he thinks it would help, does not get to a decent life by working diligently, and ends up on the street - by Sue Squires.

This version of the book contains the three original illustrations, rejuvenated, and seven additional place-, time-, and subject-relevant illustrations that are unique to this edition of the book.

Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.