Download or read book Do and Dare Or A Brave Boy s Fight for Fortune written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Do and Dare Or A Brave Boy s Fight for Fortune written by Jr. Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Do and Dare Or A Brave Boy s Fight for Fortune written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Do and Dare written by Horatio Alger Jr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever used the phrase "rags to riches," you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Alger's works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard work, determination, courage, honesty, and morals was popular with both adults and younger readers. Alger's writings happened to correspond with America's Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War. His lifelong theme of rags to riches continued to gain popularity but has gradually lessened since the 1920s. Still, readers today often come across Ragged Dick and stories like it in school.
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Carr lives with his widowed mother in Wayneboro, Massachusetts and to support his ailing mother, young Herbert takes a number of odd jobs and becomes a paid companion to a wealthy but sickly young man. They survive by operating a small post office until the selfish Ebenezer Graham takes it over. Graham allows Herbert to stay on as an assistant, but when his son returns unexpectedly from Boston, he lets Herbert go.
Download or read book Do and Dare a Brave Boy s Fight for Fortune written by Horatio Alger and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer, 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 the United States 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.Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. This novel was a huge success. His many books that followed were essentially variations on Ragged Dick and featured casts of stock characters: the valiant hard-working, honest youth, the noble mysterious stranger, the snobbish youth, and the evil, greedy squire.In the 1870s, Alger's fiction was growing stale. His publisher suggested he tour the American West for fresh material to incorporate into his fiction. Alger took a trip to California, but the trip had little effect on his writing: he remained mired in the tired theme of "poor boy makes good." The backdrops of these novels, however, became the American West rather than the urban environments of the northeastern United States.
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Alger Horatio and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert did not look forward with very joyful anticipations to the new engagement he had formed. He knew very well that he should not like Ebenezer Graham as an employer, but it was necessary that he should earn something, for the income was now but two dollars a week. He was sorry, too, to displace Tom Tripp, but upon this point his uneasiness was soon removed, for Tom dropped in just after Mr. Graham had left the house, and informed Herbert that he was to go to work the next day for a farmer in the neighborhood, at a dollar and a half per week, and board besides. "I am glad to hear it, Tom," said Herbert, heartily. "I didn't want to feel that I was depriving you of employment." "You are welcome to my place in the store," said Tom. "I'm glad to give it up. Mr. Graham seemed to think I was made of iron, and I could work like a machine, without getting tired. I hope he pays you more than a dollar and a half a week." "He has agreed to pay me three dollars," said Herbert.
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do and Dare - a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune By Jr. Horatio Alger
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Horatio Alger and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-05-25 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right," said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five. "Yes, Herbert, but I am afraid there won't be much chance of it." "Who would want to take it from you, mother?" "Men are selfish, Herbert, and there is no office, however small, that is not sought after." "What was the income last year?" inquired Herbert. Mrs. Carr referred to a blank book lying on the table in which the post-office accounts were kept, and answered: "Three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents." "I shouldn't think that would be much of an inducement to an able-bodied man, who could work at any business." "Your father was glad to have it." "Yes, mother, but he had lost an arm in the war, and could not engage in any business that required both hands." "That is true, Herbert, but I am afraid there will be more than one who will be willing to relieve me of the duties. Old Mrs. Allen called at the office to-day, and told me she understood that there was a movement on foot to have Ebenezer Graham appointed."
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Download or read book Do and Dare Esprios Classics written by Horatio Alger and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was an American writer. He wrote magazine stories and poems, a few novels for adults, and 100 plus boys' books. His boys' books were hugely popular. Alger was born in Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College. He became a Unitarian minister, but his career as a clergyman was brief. It ended when his congregation charged him with child molestation. Criminal charges were not placed against him, but his career in the church was finished. He moved to New York City to become a professional writer. In 1868, Alger found his place in the literary world with his fourth boys' book, Ragged Dick.
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Horatio Alger, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right," said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five."Yes, Herbert, but I am afraid there won't be much chance of it.""Who would want to take it from you, mother?""Men are selfish, Herbert, and there is no office, however small, that is not sought after.""What was the income last year?" inquired Herbert.Mrs. Carr referred to a blank book lying on the table in which the post-office accounts were kept, and answered: "Three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents.""I shouldn't think that would be much of an inducement to an able-bodied man, who could work at any business.""Your father was glad to have it.
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Jr Horatio Alger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hero Herbert Carr is the son of a war widow who had assumed her husband's place as postmaster of the small rural town in Waynesboro. Widow Carr is upset because Squire Walsingham is using his political influence to take the post away from the widow to put into the hands of his nephew, Ebenezer Graham, the local miser and shopkeeper. Walsingham succeeds in his efforts and the post is given to Mr. Graham. Since Mr. Graham is uncertain of how to run a post office, he offers to hire Herbert for a pittance to run things until he learns what must be done. However, Mr. Graham's son, Eben Graham, a fop/spendthrift, returns from Boston where he had been a shop clerk. Fired because of his own arrogance, he returns home seeking employment. Mr. Graham fires Herbert and hires his son. Herbert is at first dismayed, but then encounters his patron, George Melville, a young man who is incredibly wealthy (the amount of his fortune is never disclosed), who had trained to be a lawyer but was forced to abandon his practice due to consumption. He offers Herbert an extravagant amount weekly to engage him in outdoor activities to cure his illness. Henry is extremely happy with this opportunity to care for his mother and readily agrees. When Eben hears about Herbert's windfall, he is outraged, feeling that he would be the better companion. After going to Melville's hotel suite and asking him for Herbert's job (and being refused), he organizes a plot of false accusation to have Herbert arrested on charges of theft from the post office. Although Herbert is taken before the judge, his previous good behavior convinces all involved that he is innocent. Furthermore, George Melville uses his education in law to prove that Eben was the true thief in cross-examination.
Download or read book Do and Dare Annotated written by Horatio Horatio Alger Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.Herbert Carr is a great role model. He is honest, loyal, and hardworking and gets rewarded for his efforts.
Download or read book Do and Dare written by Horatio Alger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
