Horatio Alger Jr. Books
Dan the detective
Since the failure of the family business and the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Dan Mordaunt has had to support himself and his ailing mother by working as a newsboy in 1880's New York until...
Read MoreDo and dare, or, A brave boy's fight for fortune
In 1880s Massachusetts, sixteen-year-old Herbert Carr finds friendship, adventure, and a vast improvement in his fortunes and future prospects when he is hired as a secretary and companion to a wea...
Read MoreThe errand boy, or, How Phil Brent won success
Sixteen-year-old Philip Brent leaves his small hometown to seek his fortune in 1880s New York after his spiteful stepmother reveals that instead of being his late father's beloved only son, he is o...
Read MoreDigging for gold
Overworked and underpaid by his miserly stepfather, sixteen-year-old Grant Colburn, a resourceful Iowa farm boy, travels 2000 miles to seek his fortune in the gold mines of California.
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