Resultado de búsqueda
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger Jr., which was serialized in The Student and Schoolmate in 1867 and expanded for publication as a full-length novel in May 1868 by the publisher A. K. Loring.
“Ragged Dick” was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867.
Ragged Dick tells the story of a nineteenth-century bootblack or shoe-shiner named Dick Hunter. His sharp wit, hard work, and honesty enable him to rise in the competitive business world of New York City.
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks (1868) was Alger's most popular novel, following the popular serialized version published in Student and Schoolmate in 1867.
Ragged Dick, children’s book by Horatio Alger, Jr., published serially in 1867 and in book form in 1868. Alternately titled Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks, the popular though formulaic story chronicles the successful rise of the title character from rags to respectability.
2,756 ratings351 reviews. Excerpt from Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Boot-Blacks. Several characters in the story are sketched from life. The necessary information has been gathered mainly from personal Observation and conversations with the boys themselves.
Alger’s first blockbuster novel, published in 1867 as a serial, was “ Ragged Dick .” Its hero is a 14-year-old shoeshine boy who sleeps on the streets of New York City.
