Ragged Dick: or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
by Alger, Horatio
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812973585
- ISBN 13
- 9780812973587
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About This Item
Random House Group, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- Title
- Ragged Dick: or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
- Author
- Alger, Horatio
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0812973585
- ISBN 13
- 9780812973587
- Publisher
- Random House Group
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date Published
- 2005
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