{"product_id":"ragged-dick-or-street-life-in-new-york-with-boot-blacks-a-classic-story-of-new-york-street-life-and-the-rise-from-poverty-paperback","title":"Ragged Dick -Or- Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks: A Classic Story of New York Street Life and the Rise from Poverty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoratio Jr. Alger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRagged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks\u003c\/em\u003e is Horatio Alger, Jr.'s best-known novel of poverty, ambition, honesty, and self-improvement in nineteenth-century New York City.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dick Hunter is a poor bootblack who lives by his wits on the streets, spending money freely when he has it and sleeping wherever he can. Yet he refuses to steal, wants to become respectable, and begins to rise through work, education, thrift, and the help of those who recognise his better qualities. The result is the classic Alger story: a tale of street life, moral effort, luck, and upward mobility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1868, \u003cem\u003eRagged Dick\u003c\/em\u003e became one of the defining boys' books of the nineteenth century and established the \"rags to respectability\" pattern associated with Alger's name. Its picture of bootblacks, lodging houses, theatres, ferries, offices, and street trade offers a vivid view of post-Civil War New York, while its central lesson reflects the period's faith in character, industry, and self-command. For readers of classic children's literature, American boys' fiction, New York history, nineteenth-century fiction, and social-mobility stories, \u003cem\u003eRagged Dick\u003c\/em\u003e remains Alger's central work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46136960155834,"sku":"9781604598568","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/6DfU_Swxqa9781604598568.webp?v=1783694809","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/ragged-dick-or-street-life-in-new-york-with-boot-blacks-a-classic-story-of-new-york-street-life-and-the-rise-from-poverty-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}