Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks | TheBookSeekers

Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with Boot-Blacks


No. of pages 168

Published: 2017

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Great for age 4-18 years

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Ragged Dick is a children's novel by Horatio Alger, Jr., about a poor bootblack and his rise to middle-class comfort and respectability through good moral behavior, clean living, and determination.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.

There are 168 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Dancing Unicorn Books .

This book contains the following story:

Ragged Dick
A fourteen year old homeless boy, Dick, tries to make an honest living in the streets of 1860s New York as a bootblack. He is determined to stay honorable, though he is tempted many times to easy pickings and a life of crime. When a regular customer is impressed by Dick's integrity and invites him to his mansion, this marks a turning point in the life of the young street-smart teenager.

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