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Adrift in New York: Tom and Florence Braving the World A novel
Andy Grant's Pluck
Ben's Nugget: A Boy's Search For Fortune
Ben, The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves, The A novel
Bound to Rise A novel
Brave And Bold; or, The Fortunes Of Robert Rushton A novel
Cash Boy, The A short fiction
Cast Upon the Breakers A novel
Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
Cousin's Conspiracy: A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance, A
Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune A novel
Driven From Home; or Carl Crawford's Experience A novel
Erie Train Boy, The A novel
Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success, The
Facing the World
Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter A novel
Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret A novel
Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent A novel
Frank's Campaign; or, The Farm and The Camp A novel
From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience A novel
Hector's Inheritance; or The Boys of Smith Institute
Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition
Herbert Carter's Legacy A novel
In A New World; or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia
Jack's Ward
Joe The Hotel Boy; or Winning Out by Pluck
Joe's Luck; or, Always Wide Awake
Luke Walton A novel
Making His Way: Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
Only An Irish Boy; or, Andy Burke's Fortunes A novel
Paul Prescott's Charge A novel
Paul the Peddler; or The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant A novel
Phil the Fiddler A novel
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Randy of the River: The Adventures of a Young Deckhand
Risen from the Ranks: Harry Walton's Success A novel
Rufus and Rose; or The Fortunes of Rough and Ready A novel
Sam's Chance And How He Improved It
Slow and Sure: The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant A novel
Store Boy, The
Struggling Upward; or Luke Larkin's Luck
Telegraph Boy, The A novel
Timothy Crump's Ward: A Story of American Life
Tin Box, The A novel
Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success
Try and Trust; or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
Walter Sherwood's Probation
Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, The
Young Adventurer: Tom's Trip Across the Plain, The A novel
Young Bank Messenger, The
Young Captain Jack: The Son of a Soldier by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
Young Explorer; or, Claiming His Fortune, The
Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California, The
Young Musician, The
Young Outlaw; or, Adrift in the Streets, The
Titles in Poem Category Top
Apple-blossoms
Barbara's Courtship A ballad
Bi-Centennial Ode An occasional ode
Carving a Name
Confession, The A ballad
For The Consecration of a Cemetery An occasional ode
Friar Anselmo A ballad
Gone to the War
Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving A ballad
Harvard Odes (In Time of War)
In The Church At Stratford-On-Avon
John Maynard A ballad
June
King Cotton (In Time of War)
Last Words (In Time of War)
Little Charlie
Lost Heart, The A ballad
Mrs. Browning's Grave At Florence
My Castle
Nothing to Eat A book of poems
Out of Egypt (In Time of War)
Price of Victory (In Time of War), The
Rose in the Garden A ballad
Song of the Croaker (In Time of War)
St. Nicholas A ballad
Summer Hours
Whippoorwill and I, The
Biography of Horatio Alger [Top]
Horatio Alger, Jr., the author of about seventy books, was born January 13th, 1834, at Revere, Massachusetts.
He was the son of a clergyman; was graduated at Harvard College, now Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1852, and from its Divinity School in 1860, and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Massachusetts, from 1862 to 1866. In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headed man, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amused all who met him. He died at Natick, Massachusetts, July 18, 1899.
He moved to New York City in 1866, where he wrote his first book for boys, _Ragged Dick_, which had a wonderful sale. This was followed by _Fame and Fortune_, and many others, of which the best-known titles are: _Andy Grant's Pluck, Adrift in New York, Ben's Nugget, Charlie Codman's Cruise, Chester Rand, Five Hundred Dollars, Grit, Helping Himself, The Young Adventurer, The Young Explorer, The Young Miner, The Young Musician, The Store Boy, The Tin Box, Walter Sherwood's Probation, and Work and Win_.
Mr. Alger's stories are pure in tone, inspiring in influence, and are as popular now as when they were first published, because they were written about real boys who did honest things successfully. Millions of his books have been sold since they were first published. _The World's Work_ of June, 1910, said they were then selling at the rate of over one million copies a year. This estimate is low; it is a fact that they are now selling at the rate of over two million copies a year.
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