Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks
By: Horatio Alger, Jr. ; introduction by Alan Trachtenberg.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Boys -- Fiction; Shoe shiners -- Fiction; Poor children -- Fiction; Street children -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Ragged Dick.; Street life in New York with the boot-blacks.
Description: Ragged Dick is a 14 year old bootblack, he smokes, drinks occasionally, and sleeps on the streets, but he is anxious 'to turn over a new leaf, and try to grow up ''spectable''. He won't steal under any circumstances, and many gentlemen who are impressed with this virtue (and his determination to succeed) offer their aid. Mr. Greyson, for example, invites him to church and Mr. Whitney gives him five dollars for performing a service. Dick uses the money to open a bank account and to rent his first apartment.
Notes: "A Signet classic."