Horatio Alger

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton's Ambition

Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton's Ambition deals with the grit and determination of Grant, a 15 year old farmer's boy whose father is dead and in order to pay his minister father's debts, and to help his mother...

Richard Kilmer and 1 more 5 hours 34 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Cousin's Conspiracy

Ernest Ray is a young boy who sets out to reclaim the inheritance that was unjustly with held from his father and given to a cousin. (Introduction by Abigail Rasmussen)

Abigail Rasmussen 5 hours 15 minutes

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Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2)

General

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2)

“wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in a discouraged tone. «Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?” Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific...

Ed Humpal and 4 more 5 hours 11 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Adrift in New York

John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and his long lost son — if alive. John thinks it would be best if Florence and...

Bridget Gaige 4 hours 52 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Ragged Dick

Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becoming rich and successful through “luck and pluck”. Ragged Dick was the first...

Alys AtteWater 4 hours 37 minutes

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General Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Fame and Fortune

Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, moves into a better boarding house and then finds a promising job. He is...

Alys AtteWater and 1 more 4 hours 34 minutes Ragged Dick Series

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Timothy Crump's Ward

A poor family is surprised with an infant on their doorstep on New Year’s Eve with a note and monetary support requesting them to raise the child. Eight years later, the child is stolen and the family is put into more...

Sharon Kilmer 4 hours 32 minutes

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Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys

Join Rough and Ready for his adventure on the streets of New York City. Working as a newsboy, Rough and Ready tries to support himself and his sister on his meager earnings. Unfortunately, their stepfather is seeking...

Tori Faulder 4 hours 12 minutes Ragged Dick Series

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Mark the Match Boy or Richard Hunter's Ward

Children's Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Mark the Match Boy or Richard Hunter's Ward

In this third installment from the “Ragged Dick” series by Horatio Algers, Jr., the reader is reacquainted with some old friends and meets young Mark Manton. Mark is a match boy plagued by bad luck and an even worse...

Tori Faulder 3 hours 53 minutes Ragged Dick Series

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Ballads

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with Other Ballads and Poems

Horatio Alger, better known for his juvenile fiction, also penned some great poetry. His Ballads, including the 8 war poems and his odes, are collected in this volume. — Summary by Carolin

Diana Schmidt and 11 more 1 hour 19 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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