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Horatio Alger

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Gender Male
Death125 years ago
Date of birth January 13,1832
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born Chelsea
Massachusetts
United States
Date of died July 18,1899
DiedNatick
Massachusetts
United States
ParentsOlive Augusta Fenno
Horatio Alger
Job Author
Journalist
Novelist
Education Harvard College
Harvard Divinity School
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Ragged Dick
Strive and Succeed
Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
Fame and Fortune; Or, The Progress of Richard Hunter
Adrift in New York
Mark the Match Boy
Phil the Fiddler
The Erie Train Boy
From Canal Boy to President: Or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
Helping Himself
Sam's Chance and how He Improved it
Risen from the Ranks, Or, Harry Walton's Success
Shifting for Himself: Or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes
Joe's Luck
Ben's Nugget, Or, A Boy's Search for Fortune: A Story of the Pacific Coast
In a New World, Or, Among the Gold Fields of Australia
Hector's Inheritance, Or, The Boys of Smith Institute
From Farm to Fortune
Andy Grant's Pluck
Herbert Carter's Legacy, Or, The Inventor's Son
The Young Miner, Or, Tom Nelson in California
The Backwoods Boy: Or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln
The Young Adventurer
Jed, the Poorhouse Boy
The Young Outlaw, Or, Adrift in the Streets
Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys
Luck and Pluck, Or, John Oakley's Inheritance
Out for Business, Or, Robert Frost's Strange Career
Tattered Tom
Chester Rand, Or, The New Path to Fortune
Randy of the River: Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand
Tony, the Hero
Dan, the Newsboy
Andy Gordon
A Fancy of Hers
Tom, the Bootblack: Or, The Road to Success
Silas Snobden's Office Boy
A New York Boy
The World Before Him
Adrift in the City: Or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight
Finding a Fortune
Stories of Success: Only an Irish Boy (Illustrated)
A Rolling Stone: Or, The Adventures of a Wanderer
Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with Other Ballads and Poems
Sink Or Swim
The New Schoolma'am, Or, A Summer in North Sparta
NELSON the NEWSBOY by HORATIO ALGER Jr. and EDWARD STRATEMEYER 614: AFLOAT in NEW YORK
Wait and Win
Sam's Chance and How He Proved It
A Debt of Honor
Nelson the Newsboy, Or, Afloat in New York
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Horatio Alger Jr. was an American writer of young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.

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