Horatio
Alger
Horatio Alger, Jr. was born on January 13, 1832. He became a prolific American author whose principal output were novels that followed the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children. The books charted their hero's rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort. These novels were to become hugely popular in their day. He died on July 18, 1899.
Biographies
"Alger: a biography without a hero", by Herbert R Mayes, Macy-Masius, New York, 1948.
Here are some of books he has written
Voices of the Past (1849)
Fair Harvard (book) (1852)
A Welcome to May May (1853)
Bertha's Christmas Vision. An Autumn Sheaf (1856
Nothing to Do: A Tilt at Our Best Society (1857)
Nothing To Eat (1857)
Frank's Campaign; or, What Boys can do on the Farm for the Camp (1864)
Marie Bertrand (1864)
Paul Prescott's Charge: A Story for Boys (1865)
Charlie Codman's Cruise. A Story for Boys (1866)
Helen Ford (1866)
Timothy Crump's Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It (1866)
Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter (1868)
John Maynard: A Ballad of Lake Erie January (1868)
Luck And Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance (1869)
Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward (1869)
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks (1868)
Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck (1868)
Ralph Raymond's Heir; or, The Merchant's Crime (1869)
Rough and Ready; or, Life Among the New York Newsboys (1869)
Ben The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves (1870)
Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready (1870)
Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve (1870)
Paul the Peddler; or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant (1871)
Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe (1871)
Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab (1871)
Phil the Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician (1872)
Slow and Sure; The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant (1872)
Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad (1872)
Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder (1873)
Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy (1873)
Brave and Bold; or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton (1874)
Julius; or, The Street Boy out West (1874)
Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success (1874)
Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving (1875)
Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son 1875
Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian (1875)
Seeking His Fortune, And Other Dialogues (1875)
St. Nicholas (novel) (1875)
The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift In The Streets (1875)
Sam's Chance; and How He Improved It (1876)
Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortune's (1876)
Life of Edwin Forrest (William Rounseville Alger) (1877)
The New Schoolma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta (anonymous 1877)
Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto (1877)
The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success (1878)
The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains (1878)
The Telegraph Boy (1879)
The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California (1879)
Tony the Hero (1880)
The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras (1880)
From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield (1881) Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune (1882)
From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster (1882)
Abraham Lincoln: the Backwoods Boy; or, How A Young Rail-Splitter Became President (1883)
The Train Boy (1883)
The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of Robert Rudd (1883)
Dan, the Detective (1884)
Do and Dare; or A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune (1884)
Hector's Inheritance; or, The Boys of Smith Institute (1885)
Helping Himself; or, Grant Thornton's Ambition (1886)
Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy (1887)
Number 91; or, The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy (1887)
The Store Boy; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay (1887)
Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri (1888)
The Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success (1888)
Tom Temple's Career (1888)
Tom Thatcher's Fortune (1888)
Tom Tracy (1888)
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus (1888)
Luke Walton; or, The Chicago Newsboy (1889)
The Erie Train Boy (1890)
Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret (1890)
Mark Stanton (1890)
Ned Newton; or, The Fortunes of a New York Bootblack (1890)
A New York Boy (1890)
The Odds Against Him; or, Carl Crawford's Experience (1890)
Dean Dunham; or, The Waterford Mystery (1891)
Digging for Gold. A Story of California (1892)
The Young Boatman of Pine Point (1892)
Cast Upon the Breakers (1893)
Facing the World; or, The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane (1893)
In a New World; or, Among the Gold-Fields of Australia (1893)
Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes and Misfortunes (1894)
Victor Vane, The Young Secretary (1894)
The Disagreeable Woman; A Social Mystery (1895)
Frank Hunter's Peril (1896)
The Young Salesman (1896)
Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent (1897) *
Walter Sherwood's Probation (1897)
A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker (1898)
The Young Bank Messenger (1898)
Jed, The Poor House Boy (1899
Mark Mason's Victory; or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy (1899)
Rupert's Ambition (1899)
Silas Snobden's Office Boy (1899)
A Debt of Honor. The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West (1900)
Falling in With Fortune; or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary (1900)
Out for Business; or, Robert Frost's Strange Career (1900)
Ben Bruce. Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy (1901)
Lester's Luck (1901)
Nelson the Newsboy; or, Afloat in New York (1901)
Tom Brace: Who He Was and How He Fared (1901)
Young Captain Jack; or, The Son of a Soldier (1901)
Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight (1902)
Andy Grant's Pluck (1902)
A Rolling Stone; or, The Adventures of a Wanderer (1902)
Striving for Fortune; or, Walter Griffith's Trials and Successes (1902)
Tom Turner's Legacy (1902)
The World Before Him (1902)
Bernard Brooks' Adventures. The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials (1903)
Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune (1903)
Forging Ahead (1903)
Adrift in New York; or, Tom and Florence Braving the World (1904)
Finding a Fortune (1904)
Jerry the Backwoods Boy; or, The Parkhurst Treasure (1904)
Lost at Sea; or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise (1904)
From Farm to Fortune; or Nat Nason's Strange Experience (1905)
Making His Mark (1905)
Mark Manning's Mission. The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy (1905)
The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success (1905)
Joe the Hotel Boy, or Winning Out by Pluck (1906)
Randy of the River; or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand (1906)
The Young Musician; or, Fighting His Way (1906)
Ben Logan's Triumph; or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy (1908)
Wait and Win. The Story of Jack Drummond's Pluck (1908)
Robert Coverdale's Struggle; or, On the Wave of Success (1910)
Joe's Luck; or Always Wide Awake (1913)
The Cousin's Conspiracy (nd)
In Search of Treasure. The Story of Guy's Eventful Voyage (ND)
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