Horatio Alger, Jr.
Horatio Alger Jr. was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 through to his death in 1899.
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The young acrobat of the Great North American Circus
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1899
Jed, the poorhouse boy
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1899
The young bank messenger
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1898
Frank and fearless, or, The fortunes of Jasper Kent
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1897
Walter Sherwood's Probation
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1897
Frank Hunter's peril
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1896
The disagreeable woman
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1895
In a new world
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1893
Frank's Campaign Or The Farm And The Camp
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1892
The Erie Train Boy
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1890
Struggling upward
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1890