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...

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...

Ragged Dick Excerpts from Ragged Dick, or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks By Horatio Alger Published in 1868 During the Gilded Age (the era of industrialization from the early 1860s to the turn of the century in which a few wealthy...

Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to...

One Monday afternoon a few months ago, the telephone rang at Davio's on Newbury Street. It was Paul Sonnabend, president of Sonesta Hotels. Davio's is one of his favorite restaurants, and owner Steve DiFillippo assumed he wanted a reservation. "No," said Sonnabend. "I...

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In the following chapter, Nackenoff identifies Alger's readership within the changing historical context of increased literacy and cheaper availability of books.

In the following essay, Moon discusses Alger's blend of homoeroticism and capitalist nostalgia.

In the following chapter, Scharnhorst and Bales provide biographical and historical information on the last decade of Alger's life, with special attention to his politics and economic ideology.

Compares the styles of writers Horatio Alger and Stephen Crane. References the works Ragged Dick and Maggie a Girl from the Streets. Explores hwo each writer confronts issues facing 19th century New York City.