num_pages: 120
description: Excerpt from Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Boot-BlacksSeveral characters in the story are sketched from life. The necessary information has been gathered mainly from personal Observation and conversations with the boys themselves. The author is indebted also to the excellent Superintendent of the Newsboys' Lodging House, in Fulton Street, for some facts Of which he has been able to make use. Some anachronisms may be noted. Wherever they occur, they have been admitted.
language: English
title: Ragged Dick
titlecomplete: Ragged Dick (Ragged Dick, #1)
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, Young Adult, Childrens, New York, American, Historical Fiction, Novels, School
ratings_count: 2656
places: New York City, New York
series: Ragged Dick
publisher: Echo Library