The complete online text of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio Alger, Jr..

Horatio Alger (1832-1899) was the American author of prodigiously popular and influential juvenile novels and biographies. Horatio Alger was born in Revere, Mass., the son of a Unitarian minister. The fervent father so rigorously supervised his son's ear...

Perhaps the quality which has been most closely identified with the American spirit is success. Success--upward mobility, material prosperity acquired through hard work and shrewd ability--has been for much of our history the quint-essential American ide...

Huron Casting, Inc., a 440-employee shell-molding steel foundry in Pigeon, Michigan, was experiencing a casting defect while using fiber-based riser insert sleeves and breaker cores (referred to as cookies). The foundry was using insertable riser sleeves with an attached cookie to improve the...

Aided by rare tie-breaking votes cast by Mayor Marvin L. Gillum (R), the Manassas City Council hashed out a $78.3 million spending plan Monday that will restore funding for a city career services center. The budget, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,...