Download or read book Crying the News written by Vincent DiGirolamo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Benjamin Franklin to Ragged Dick to Jack Kelly, hero of the Disney musical Newsies, newsboys have long intrigued Americans as symbols of struggle and achievement. But what do we really know about the children who hawked and delivered newspapers in American cities and towns? Who were they? What was their life like? And how important was their work to the development of a free press, the survival of poor families, and the shaping of their own attitudes, values and beliefs? Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys offers an epic retelling of the American experience from the perspective of its most unshushable creation. It is the first book to place newsboys at the center of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these "little merchants" over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them. While the book focuses mainly on boys in the trade, it also examines the experience of girls and grown-ups, the elderly and disabled, blacks and whites, immigrants and natives. Based on a wealth of primary sources, Crying the News uncovers the existence of scores of newsboy strikes and protests. The book reveals the central role of newsboys in the development of corporate welfare schemes, scientific management practices, and employee liability laws. It argues that the newspaper industry exerted a formative yet overlooked influence on working-class youth that is essential to our understanding of American childhood, labor, journalism, and capitalism.
Download or read book The American Newsboy written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of American newsboys who made their living walking the streets selling newspapers.
Download or read book The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK 70 Classic Works written by Horatio Alger and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-10-22 with total page 10312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK® presents 70 Classic Works by the great 19th century author. Here are: ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH BOY DIGGING FOR GOLD MARK THE MATCH BOY BOB BURTON ANDY GORDON THE BACKWOODS BOY A BOY'S FORTUNE A DEBT OF HONOR BERNARD BROOKS' ADVENTURES WAIT AND HOPE MARK MASON'S VICTORY ROBERT COVERDALE'S STRUGGLE BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY RUFUS AND ROSE THE YOUNG ADVENTURER THE YOUNG MINER THE TIN BOX TOM, THE BOOTBLACK A COUSIN'S CONSPIRACY IN A NEW WORLD LUKE WALTON THE ERIE TRAIN BOY THE YOUNG OUTLAW SAM'S CHANCE BEN'S NUGGET SLOW AND SURE THE YOUNG BANK MESSENGER THE TELEGRAPH BOY CHESTER RAND FROM FARM TO FORTUNE THE YOUNG ACROBAT OF THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS RAGGED DICK FAME AND FORTUNE RANDY OF THE RIVER YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK FRANK AND FEARLESS ADRIFT IN NEW YORK PAUL THE PEDDLER PHIL, THE FIDDLER JOE THE HOTEL BOY THE ERRAND BOY FRED SARGENT'S REVENGE THE SMUGGLER'S TRAP THE CASH BOY PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE BRAVE AND BOLD DRIVEN FROM HOME CAST UPON THE BREAKERS FROM CANAL BOY TO PRESIDENT ANDY GRANT'S PLUCK MAKING HIS WAY FACING THE WORLD JOE'S LUCK BOUND TO RISE RISEN FROM THE RANKS HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WALTER SHERWOOD'S PROBATION NOTHING TO EAT HELPING HIMSELF TRY AND TRUST DO AND DARE HECTOR'S INHERITANCE THE YOUNG MUSICIAN STRUGGLING UPWARD ONLY AN IRISH BOY JACK'S WARD THE STORE BOY FRANK'S CAMPAIGN TIMOTHY CRUMP'S WARD If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Download or read book From Farm to Fortune written by Horatio Alger and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-07-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHAPTER I NAT ON THE FARM CHAPTER II A QUARREL IN THE BARNYARD CHAPTER III NAT LEAVES THE FARM CHAPTER IV ABNER BALBERRY'S DISCOVERY CHAPTER V THE SALE OF A COW CHAPTER VI NAT ON LAKE ERIE CHAPTER VII AN ADVENTURE AT NIAGARA FALLS CHAPTER VIII A FRESH START IN LIFE CHAPTER IX FIRST DAYS IN NEW YORK CHAPTER X OUT OF WORK ONCE MORE CHAPTER XI WHAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS DID CHAPTER XII ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE CHAPTER XIII A SWINDLE EXPOSED CHAPTER XIV NAT OBTAINS ANOTHER SITUATION CHAPTER XV ABNER AND THE WIDOW GUFF CHAPTER XVI ABNER VISITS NEW YORK CHAPTER XVII A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY CHAPTER XVIII NAT MEETS HIS UNCLE CHAPTER XIX NAT BECOMES A PRIVATE CLERK CHAPTER XX RUFUS CAMERON'S BOLD MOVE CHAPTER XXI A MISSING DOCUMENT OF VALUE CHAPTER XXII AT THE ELEVATED STATION CHAPTER XXIII TOM NOLAN'S CONFESSION CHAPTER XXIV THE PAPERS IN THE TRUNK CHAPTER XXV BACK TO THE CITY CHAPTER XXVI FRED GIVES UP CITY LIFE CHAPTER XXVII A SCENE AT THE HOTEL CHAPTER XXVIII A SUDDEN PROPOSAL CHAPTER XXIX THE CAPTURE OF NICK SMITHERS CHAPTER XXX NAT COMES INTO HIS OWN
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Download or read book From Farm to Fortune Illustrated written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nat, where have you been? Been fishing, answered the boy addressed, a sturdy youth of sixteen, with clear blue eyes and sandy hair. Fishin'? And who said you could go fishin'? demanded Abner Balberry, in his high, nervous voice. Nobody said I could go, answered the boy, firmly. But I thought you'd all like to have some fish for supper, so I went. Humph!
Download or read book Ned Nevins the News Boy Or Street Life in Boston written by Henry Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Telegraph Boy written by Horatio Alger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Telegraph Boy" is a captivating novel written by Horatio Alger, a renowned author known for his inspiring stories of determination and success. The book takes readers on a compelling journey following the life of a young protagonist who rises from humble beginnings to triumph over adversity through hard work, integrity, and a bit of luck. "The Telegraph Boy" introduces readers to the world of telegraphy—a cutting-edge technology of the time. The protagonist, a resourceful and ambitious young boy, finds himself working as a telegraph messenger. As he immerses himself in this new world, he discovers the power of communication and the opportunities it can offer. "The Telegraph Boy" resonates with readers of all ages, emphasizing the importance of determination, integrity, and seizing opportunities. Alger's narrative serves as an inspiration for individuals facing adversity, reminding them that through hard work, honesty, and a bit of luck, they can overcome challenges and achieve their aspirations.
Download or read book The School Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student and Schoolmate written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nichols McHargue Loveland and Allied Families in America written by Arthur Clark Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains descendants of Reuben Nichols, Alexander McHargue I and Thomas Loveland. Includes biographical and historical information on descendants in the female as well as the male lines.
Download or read book The Newsboy written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wallace s Year Book of Trotting and Pacing written by United States Trotting Association and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dependent States written by Karen Sánchez-Eppler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because childhood is not only culturally but also legally and biologically understood as a period of dependency, it has been easy to dismiss children as historical actors. By putting children at the center of our thinking about American history, Karen Sánchez-Eppler recognizes the important part childhood played in nineteenth-century American culture and what this involvement entailed for children themselves. Dependent States examines the ties between children's literacy training and the growing cultural prestige of the novel; the way children functioned rhetorically in reform literature to enforce social norms; the way the risks of death to children shored up emotional power in the home; how Sunday schools socialized children into racial, religious, and national identities; and how class identity was produced, not only in terms of work, but also in the way children played. For Sánchez-Eppler, nineteenth-century childhoods were nothing less than vehicles for national reform. Dependent on adults for their care, children did not conform to the ideals of enfranchisement and agency that we usually associate with historical actors. Yet through meticulously researched examples, Sánchez-Eppler reveals that children participated in the making of social meaning. Her focus on childhood as a dependent state thus offers a rewarding corrective to our notions of autonomous individualism and a new perspective on American culture itself.
Download or read book Wallace s Year book of Trotting and Pacing in written by John Hankins Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York by Gas Light and Other Urban Sketches written by George G. Foster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990-11-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1850, New York by Gas-Light explores the seamy side of the newly emerging metropolis: "the festivities of prostitution, the orgies of pauperism, the haunts of theft and murder, the scenes of drunkenness and beastly debauch, and all the sad realities that go to make up the lower stratum—the underground story—of life in New York!" The author of this lively and fascinating little book, which both attracted and offended large numbers of readers in Victorian America, was George G. Foster, reporter for Horace Greeley's influential New York Tribune, social commentator, poet, and man about town. Foster drew on his daily and nightly rambles through the city's streets and among the characters of the urban demi-monde to produce a sensationalized but extraordinarily revealing portrait of New York at the moment it was emerging as a major metropolis. Reprinted here with sketches from two of Foster's other books, New York by Gas-Light will be welcomed by students of urban social history, popular culture, literature, and journalism. Editor Stuart M. Blumin has provided a penetrating introductory essay that sets Foster's life and work in the contexts of the growing city, the development of the mass-distribution publishing industry, the evolving literary genre of urban sensationalism, and the wider culture of Victorian America. This is an important reintroduction to a significant but neglected work, a prologue to the urban realism that would flourish later in the fiction of Stephen Crane, the painting of George Bellows, and the journalism of Jacob Riis.
Download or read book The Publishers Trade List Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
