Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Alger, Horatio, Jr. (1832–1899).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel serialized in 1867 and published in 1868. This tale follows fourteen-year-old Dick, a street bootblack who smokes, drinks, and sleeps outdoors, but refuses to steal and dreams of becoming respectable. Through honesty, hard work, and fortunate encounters with helpful gentlemen, Dick begins his climb from vagrant life toward middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. The story became Alger's best-selling work and established the formula repeated throughout his career.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
- Author credits: Alger, Horatio, Jr. (1832–1899)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Bildungsromans
- Boys -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Poor children -- Fiction
- Shoe shiners -- Fiction
- Street children -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
- Children's Fiction
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