01797cam a22003733u 4500 5348 UtSlPG 20260610133137.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ PS Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragged_Dick Release date is 2004-10-05 Andrew Sly "Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel serialized in 1867 and published in 1868. This tale follows fourteen-year-old Dick, a street bootblack who smokes, drinks, and sleeps outdoors, but refuses to steal and dreams of becoming respectable. Through honesty, hard work, and fortunate encounters with helpful gentlemen, Dick begins his climb from vagrant life toward middle-class respectability in 19th-century New York City. The story became Alger's best-selling work and established the formula repeated throughout his career. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Bildungsromans Boys -- Fiction Poor children -- Fiction Shoe shiners -- Fiction Street children -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5348 47379 47379