The Errand Boy

by Horatio Alger

2020-12-31 23:06:05

Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's stories empathize the need for hard work and h... Read more
Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's stories empathize the need for hard work and honesty as a way to get ahead. Alger describes young men in the city trying to get a head as newsboys, match boys, peddlers, street musicians, and many others. Phil Brent lived with his stepmother and her son. He leaves his small town to seek his fortune in New York after his stepmother reveals that instead of being his late father's beloved only son, he is of unknown parentage and must fend for himself. Less

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File size9.25 X 7.5 X 0.41 in
Print pages192
PublisherStandard Publications
Publication date April 22, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780307237439
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, most famous for his novels following the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and...

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