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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; 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 is a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel. 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, 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.
Ragged Dick is a charming, heartwarming story of a 14-year-old homeless boy living by his wits as a shoe-shiner on the streets of New York in the late 1860s. Dick Hunter is a fast-talking, street-wise, larger-than-life character, who is perpetually positive and upbeat, no matter what life throws at him.
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