Author: ALGER JR. , HORATIO
Title: Dan the Newsboy
Description: New York: A. L. Burt, Publisher, 1893. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. The bottom corners of the book covers have fraying and wear. There is a small spot of dirt to the top rear corner of the book cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. Both inner hinges have cracking. There is a previous owner's emblem of a sailing ship adhered to the front pastedown page. "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, 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 essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth": a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy—and his plight—to the attention of a wealthy individual.". Very Good .
Keywords: Young Adult Fiction Horatio Alger Jr. Rags To Riches Stories Adventure
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Title: Dan the Newsboy
Description: New York: A. L. Burt, Publisher, 1893. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. The bottom corners of the book covers have fraying and wear. There is a small spot of dirt to the top rear corner of the book cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. Both inner hinges have cracking. There is a previous owner's emblem of a sailing ship adhered to the front pastedown page. "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, 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 essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth": a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy—and his plight—to the attention of a wealthy individual.". Very Good .
Keywords: Young Adult Fiction Horatio Alger Jr. Rags To Riches Stories Adventure
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 35052
- Book number: 35052
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