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From Farm to Fortune
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Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's stories empathize the need for hard work and honesty as a way to get ahead. Alger describes young men in the city trying to get a head as newsboys, match boys, peddlers, street musicians, and many others. Through luck and hard work, sixteen-year-old Ohio farm boy Nat finds surprising success in nineteenth-century New York City.
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- ISBN-13: 9781438594422
- ISBN-10: 1438594429
- Publisher: Book Jungle
- Publish Date: April 2010
- Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.5 x 0.35 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.64 pounds
- Page Count: 162
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