Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the bootblacks
By: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Series: Polyglot Press Alger series
Publisher: Polyglot Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Shoe shiners -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Street children -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Ragged Dick; Street life in New York with the bootblacks
Description: Although he manages to make a living as a shoeshine boy in late-1860's New York City, orphaned, fourteen-year-old Dick Hunter remains homeless and without many prospects until two new friends inspire him to better himself through education.
Notes: First published in 1868 by Loring, Boston.
Sequel: Fame and fortune.