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"The Cash Boy," by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the name implies, is a story about a boy and for boys. Through some conspiracy, the hero of the story when a baby, was taken from his relatives and given into the care of a kind woman. Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband's... Read Full Overview

Horatio Alger Jr. ( January 13, 1832 - July 18, 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,... Read Full Overview

"The Cash Boy," by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the name implies, is a story about a boy and for boys. Through some conspiracy, the hero of the story when a baby, was taken from his relatives and given into the care of a kind woman. Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband's... Read Full Overview

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these are the adventures of Frank Fowler who leaves his small town home shortly after the death of the only mother he has ever known to make his fortune in New York.

"The Cash Boy" from Horatio Alger Jr.. Prolific 19th-century American author (1832-1899).

The Cash Boy is a novel written by Horatio Alger Jr. that tells the story of a young boy named Frank Fowler who lives in New York City. Frank is the son of a widowed seamstress who struggles to make ends meet. In order to help his mother, Frank takes a job as a cash boy at a... Read Full Overview

A group of boys was assembled in an open field to the west of the public schoolhouse in the town of Crawford. Most of them held hats in their hands, while two, stationed sixty feet distant from each other, were "having catch."Tom Pinkerton, son of Deacon Pinkerton, had just returned... Read Full Overview

Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer. He wrote magazine stories and poems, a few novels for adults, and 100 plus boys' books. His boys' books were hugely popular. Alger was born in Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College. He became... Read Full Overview