Slow and sure: the story of Paul Hoffman, the young street-merchant. By: Horatio Alger Jr. (Original Version)
(Part of the Brave and Bold (#3) Series and Tattered Tom (#4) Series)
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Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many 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. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth" a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy-and his plight-to the attention of a wealthy individual.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1540851230
ISBN13:9781540851239
Release Date:December 2016
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:156 Pages
Weight:0.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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