Ragged Dick (Illustrated)

Horatio Alger

Sumner Books, Jun 28, 2015 - Education - 194 pages

Ragged Dick is Horatio Algerís most notorious short story that helped shaped American identity and shed light on the number and severity of boys living on the street in New York. Read about how Ragged Dick starts out as a street boy and bootblack and eventually pulls himself up by his bootstraps.Horatio Alger was once crowned "America's bestselling author of all time." His works are back and they read like never before. E-books come alive with illustrations, commentary, author biography, study questions and more. You will fall in love with these stories of success!

About the author

Horatio Alger was born in Massachusetts in 1832. He was a graduate of Harvard University. He was considered one of the most renown writers of the 19th Century. His protagonists were usually young boys who struggled from poverty to achieve success in life. He wrote over 100 books with that theme. His titles include "Ragged Dick," "Adrift in New York," 'Sink or Swim," and "The Odds Against Him," "Rough and Ready,"Sam's Chance,"and "Paul the Peddler." Alger died in 1899.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ragged Dick (Illustrated)
• Author: Horatio Alger
• Contributors: Stefan Kanfer, Rick Newcombe
• Publisher: Sumner Books, 2015
• ISBN: 1939104149, 9781939104144
• Length: 194 pages
• Subjects: Education / General