Horatio Alger Jr., best novels

by Horatio Alger Jr.

Horatio Alger Jr. (1832 - 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult 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. All of Alger's juvenile novels share...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1546627944
• ISBN13: 9781546627944
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"