Modern Library Classics: Ragged Dick : or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (Paperback)

from CBJames

Horatio Alger is a writer people talk about as though they've read him without ever actually reading him. I am guilty of this. We think we know what an "Horatio Alger story" is, but few of us have first hand experience. So I picked up a copy of Ragged Dick or Street Life in New York with the Boot...

from skavlanj

A Book About the Gilded Age* Count me among the many who confused Horatio Alger with one of his characters (which the introduction to Ragged Dick avers is common). I am college-educated and well-read, but I continue to be proven ignorant in my knowledge of both American history and literature. Ra...

from LynnB

I've often heard the expression "Horatio Alger story" to refer to someone who had earned a fortune. I thought it was time to actually read one. Ragged Dick is the story of a "boot black" or shoe-shine boy in New York City who, through hard work and good morals, succeeds in raising his station in ...

from CBJames

Horatio Alger is a writer people talk about as though they've read him without ever actually reading him. I am guilty of this. We think we know what an "Horatio Alger story" is, but few of us have first hand experience. So I picked up a copy of Ragged Dick or Street Life in New York with the Boot...

from ShadowBarbara

Typical Horatio Alger story; was a suggested read to see the style of writing and the ways of a typical street urchin.