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Title: Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward (Penguin Classics) by Carl Bode, Horatio Alger Jr. ISBN: 0-14-039033-2 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: January, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Banana's in Pajamas
Comment: Ragged Dick I feel is a good book because it talks about life without money, and just the hardships that Dick faced everyday. Like how he was going to earn his money to pay for his meals. If he was lucky maybe a place to sleep. He had a friend Johnny Nolan who was in the same situation as Dick but he would not work as hard or did not have the drive to work to make the money he needed to, to survive. Dick would shine every business mans shoes as much as they wanted him to and run and change bills for them. This all gains trust with Dick and his clients. That he would have trusting customers that would now look for him and not someone that they do not. He would slowly start to have a somewhat stable business.
Dick and his friend Johnny did many things together which made them close friends. But when Dick was going to go make a buck or what ever he could do to make his customers happy with his work, Johnny would go and mess around instead of worrying about his next step in life. He was just floating along doing the least amount of work possible to survive. When mealtime came around Dick being the nice and sharing boy, he would pay for him as well. Not even expecting Johnny to ever pay him back, knowing that Johnny wasn't good for it.
This story grabbed a hold of me from the start and didn't let go of me until the end which was great to have a book that I could read and not worry about falling asleep while reading, an old book.
Rating: 5
Summary: An entertaining read promoting self-reliance and hard work
Comment: If you like underdog rags-to-riches stories and want to believe in an America where hard work and integrity still hold the key to success, then this book is for you. This is a fun book and Alger is a gifted writer. His Ragged Dick character is witty and charismatic, rising up from homeless street urchin to respected bookkeeper by dint of hard work, frugality and focused study. In an age of corporate greed and scandals (this year: Enron, Martha Stuart insider trading, etc.) it is refreshing to read stories where ordinary people transcend their circumstances with honesty, hard work, integrity, and compassion.
Rating: 4
Summary: Horatio Algier Jr. - Honest y and Hard Work Will Always Pay
Comment: I had heard so much about Horatio Algier Jr., but never took to the time to read any of his stories. Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward are two novelettes that teach Algier's recurring theme that honesty and hard work will always pay. Yes, the stories are overly simplistic, but they are refreshing and make for a good wholesome read. It was fascinating to read these stories that were written in the mid 19th century. When Algier writes about a stagecoach ride in Struggling Updward, he is not doing so from an historical perspective, but likely from personal experience. Don't miss the introduction by Carl Bode. There are some interesting facets of Algier's life that hardly live up to the standards that he set for his heroes. Nonetheless, the author offers light reading with very positive and hopeful messages that are still relevant today.
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Title: Ragged Dick Or, Street Life in New York With the Boot-Blacks by Horatio, Jr. Alger, Alan Trachtenberg ISBN: 0451524802 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Joe's Luck by Horatio, Jr Alger, Jr. Alger ISBN: 1885852215 Publisher: James d Stevenson Pub Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: RAGGED DICK AND MARK, THE MATCH BOY: Two Novels by Horatio Alger by Horatio Alger ISBN: 0684842904 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris, Eric Solomon ISBN: 0451528913 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: A New Home, Who'll Follow? or Glimpses of Western Life by Caroline M. Kirkland, Sandra A. Zagarell ISBN: 0813515424 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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