[DOC] [TLE] Ragged Dick - Wikipedia [PAR] Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman 
by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867 
and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher 
A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six-volume Ragged Dick Series and 
became ... The tale follows a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Horatio Alger - Wikipedia [PAR] Horatio Alger Jr was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his 
many ... His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which 
had a .... He fared better with stories for boys published in Student and 
Schoolmate ... In January 1867 the first of twelve installments of Ragged Dick 
appeared in... [DOC] [TLE] Ragged Dick: Horatio Alger Jr.: 9781611044904: Amazon.com: Books [PAR] Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Horatio Alger, Jr. (18341899) was a prolific 
19th-century ... But he cannot imagine ever being more than a bootblack who 
spends every cent he ... the Boot Blacks is arguably the best known of Horatio 
Alger's American rags-to-riches stories. ..... See all 21 customer reviews (newest 
first). [DOC] [TLE] Horatio Alger | American author | Britannica.com [PAR] In the more than 100 books that he would write over 30 years, Alger followed the 
rags-to-riches formula that he had hit upon in his first book. ... Alger's most 
popular books were the Ragged Dick, Luck and Pluck, and Tattered Tom ... 
children's book by Horatio Alger, Jr., published serially in 1867 and in book form 
in 1868. [DOC] [TLE] Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr.  Reviews, Discussion ... [PAR] Published August 21st 2006 by Echo Library (first published 1868) ...... Horatio 
Alger, Jr. was a prolific and popular author in the 19th century. ... Then I picked up 
perhaps his most famous book: Ragged Dick. ... For years I knew about Horatio 
Alger and his series of rags to riches stories, but this is the first one I ever read. [DOC] [TLE] Horatio Alger, Jr. | Biography, Books and Facts - Famous Authors [PAR] Alger wrote a series of Bildungsroman by the title Ragged Dick. The first 
installment was published in 1867 in Student and Schoolmate. It was a 'rags-to-
riches'... [DOC] [TLE] Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks ... [PAR] A novel set in New York City in the late 1850s; published in 1867 ... for boys with 
the publication of Ragged Dick, his most successful book. ... Actually a story 
about the rise from rags to respectability rather than riches, ... After the canal 
opened, the cost of moving a ton of goods from New York to Lake Erie fell from 
$100 to $8... [DOC] [TLE] Horatio Alger Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline [PAR] ... was a popular American writer, famous for his rags-to-riches story formula. ... 
Horatio Alger, Jr. was a well-known 19th century American author known for his 
... He found his first big success with his novel 'Ragged Dick', which was about a 
... his lifetime, he was credited to have written and published more than 100 
books,... [DOC] [TLE] Horatio Alger, Jr. - ESL 100 - Professor Chocos [PAR] From the debut of his first novel, Ragged Dick, in 1867, Alger was instrumental ... 
These rags to riches stories were enormously popular with the public and ... its 
prominence pointing to the author's continued popularity and the importance of ... 
the valiant hard-working, honest youth (who knew more Latin than the villain), the
... [DOC] [TLE] Horatio Alger facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] An author of modest literary talent, Alger wrote fiction aimed at pleasing large 
audiences, but amassed no riches in doing so. ... Alger's most famous and 
popular work, Ragged Dick,

Question: In 1867 the first of this author's more than 100 rags-to-riches tales, "Ragged Dick", was published
Answer: Horatio Alger