Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks
by Horatio Alger Jr
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451529839
- ISBN 13
- 9780451529831
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Ragged Dick is a children's novel by Horatio Alger, Jr. about a poor bootblack and his rise to middle-class comfort and respectability through good moral behavior, clean living, and determination. Ragged Dick was serialized in 1867 and published as a novel in 1868. Horatio Alger, Jr. formed an association with the Newsboys' Lodging House, a home for impoverished children in New York City, after resigning from the ministry in 1864.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300818
- Title
- Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks
- Author
- Horatio Alger Jr
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market PaperBack
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451529839
- ISBN 13
- 9780451529831
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- September 2005
- Pages
- 208
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A Cappella Books
About A Cappella Books
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