Work(s) of Horatio Alger

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[Biography of Horatio Alger]
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• Adrift in New York: Tom and Florence Braving the World A novel
  
• Andy Grant's Pluck
  
• Ben's Nugget: A Boy's Search For Fortune
  
• Ben, The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves, The A novel
  
• Bound to Rise A novel
  
• Brave And Bold; or, The Fortunes Of Robert Rushton A novel
  
• Cash Boy, The A short fiction
  
• Cast Upon the Breakers A novel
  
• Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
  
• Cousin's Conspiracy: A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance, A
  
• Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune A novel
  
• Driven From Home; or Carl Crawford's Experience A novel
  
• Erie Train Boy, The A novel
  
• Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success, The
  
• Facing the World
  
• Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter A novel
  
• Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret A novel
  
• Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent A novel
  
• Frank's Campaign; or, The Farm and The Camp A novel
  
• From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
  
• From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience A novel
  
• Hector's Inheritance; or The Boys of Smith Institute
  
• Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition
  
• Herbert Carter's Legacy A novel
  
• In A New World; or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia
  
• Jack's Ward
  
• Joe The Hotel Boy; or Winning Out by Pluck
  
• Joe's Luck; or, Always Wide Awake
  
• Luke Walton A novel
  
• Making His Way: Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
  
• Mark Mason's Victory
  
• Only An Irish Boy; or, Andy Burke's Fortunes A novel
  
• Paul Prescott's Charge A novel
  
• Paul the Peddler; or The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant A novel
  
• Phil the Fiddler A novel
  
• Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
  
• Randy of the River: The Adventures of a Young Deckhand
  
• Risen from the Ranks: Harry Walton's Success A novel
  
• Robert Coverdale's Struggle; or, On The Wave Of Success
  
• Rufus and Rose; or The Fortunes of Rough and Ready A novel
  
• Sam's Chance And How He Improved It
  
• Slow and Sure: The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant A novel
  
• Store Boy, The
  
• Struggling Upward; or Luke Larkin's Luck
  
• Telegraph Boy, The A novel
  
• Timothy Crump's Ward: A Story of American Life
  
• Tin Box, The A novel
  
• Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success
  
• Try and Trust; or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
  
• Walter Sherwood's Probation
  
• Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, The
  
• Young Adventurer: Tom's Trip Across the Plain, The A novel
  
• Young Bank Messenger, The
  
• Young Captain Jack: The Son of a Soldier by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
  
• Young Explorer; or, Claiming His Fortune, The
  
• Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California, The
  
• Young Musician, The
  
• Young Outlaw; or, Adrift in the Streets, The
  

Titles in Short Story Category                                   Top

• Miss Henderson's Thanksgiving Day
  

Titles in Poem Category                                   Top

• Apple-blossoms
  
• Barbara's Courtship A ballad
  
• Bi-Centennial Ode An occasional ode
  
• Carving a Name
  
• Confession, The A ballad
  
• For The Consecration of a Cemetery An occasional ode
  
• Friar Anselmo A ballad
  
• Gone to the War
  
• Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving A ballad
  
• Harvard Odes (In Time of War)
  
• In The Church At Stratford-On-Avon
  
• John Maynard A ballad
  
• June
  
• King Cotton (In Time of War)
  
• Last Words (In Time of War)
  
• Little Charlie
  
• Lost Heart, The A ballad
  
• Mrs. Browning's Grave At Florence
  
• My Castle
  
• Nothing to Eat A book of poems
  
• Out of Egypt (In Time of War)
  
• Price of Victory (In Time of War), The
  
• Rose in the Garden A ballad
  
• Song of the Croaker (In Time of War)
  
• St. Nicholas A ballad
  
• Summer Hours
  
• Whippoorwill and I, The
  

Biography of Horatio Alger [Top]

Horatio Alger, Jr., the author of about seventy books, was born January 13th, 1834, at Revere, Massachusetts.

He was the son of a clergyman; was graduated at Harvard College, now Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1852, and from its Divinity School in 1860, and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Massachusetts, from 1862 to 1866. In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headed man, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amused all who met him. He died at Natick, Massachusetts, July 18, 1899.

He moved to New York City in 1866, where he wrote his first book for boys, _Ragged Dick_, which had a wonderful sale. This was followed by _Fame and Fortune_, and many others, of which the best-known titles are: _Andy Grant's Pluck, Adrift in New York, Ben's Nugget, Charlie Codman's Cruise, Chester Rand, Five Hundred Dollars, Grit, Helping Himself, The Young Adventurer, The Young Explorer, The Young Miner, The Young Musician, The Store Boy, The Tin Box, Walter Sherwood's Probation, and Work and Win_.

Mr. Alger's stories are pure in tone, inspiring in influence, and are as popular now as when they were first published, because they were written about real boys who did honest things successfully. Millions of his books have been sold since they were first published. _The World's Work_ of June, 1910, said they were then selling at the rate of over one million copies a year. This estimate is low; it is a fact that they are now selling at the rate of over two million copies a year.

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