Name: Horatio Alger Jr.

Mini Bio: Born 1834...

Books Written:

Bertha's Christmas Vision. An Autumn Sheaf 1856

Nothing To Do: A Tilt at Our Best Society (anonymous) 1857

Frank's Campaign; or, What Boys can do on the Farm for the Camp 1864

Paul Prescott's Charge. A Story For Boys 1865

Helen Ford 1866

Timothy Crump's Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It. (anonymous) 1866

Charlie Codman's Cruise. A Story for Boys 1866

Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks 1868

Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter 1868

Luck and Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance 1869

Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward 1869

Rough and Ready; or, Life Among the New York Newsboys 1869

Ralph Raymond's Heir; or, The Merchant's Crime (Arthur Hamilton) 1869

Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves. 1870

Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready 1870

Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve 1870

Paul the Peddler; or, The Adventures of a Young Street Merchant 1871

Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe 1871

Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab 1871

Phil the Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician 1872

Slow and Sure; or, From the Street to the Shop 1872

Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad 1872

Bound to Rise; or, Harry Walton's Motto 1873

Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy 1873

Brave and Bold; or, The Fortunes of a Factory Boy 1874

Julius; or, The Street Boy out West 1874

Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success 1874

Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving with other Ballads and Poems 1875

Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son 1875

Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian 1875

Seeking His Fortune, And Other Dialouges 1875

The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift In The Streets 1875

Sam's Chance; and How He Improved It 1876

Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortune's 1876

Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto 1877

Life of Edwin Forrest (William Rounseville Alger) 1877

The New Schoolma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta (anonymous) 1877

The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success 1878

The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains 1878

The Telegraph Boy 1879

The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California 1879

Tony the Hero 1880

The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras 1880

From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield 1881

Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune. 1882

From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster 1882

Abraham Lincoln: The Backwoods Boy; or, How a Young Rail-Splitter became President 1883

The Train Boy 1883

The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of Robert Rudd 1883

Dan, the Detective 1884

Do and Dare; or A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune 1884

Hector's Inheritance; or, The Boys of Smith Institute 1885

Helping Himself; or, Grant Thornton's Ambition 1886

Frank Fowler, The Cash Boy 1887

Joe's Luck; or, A Boy's Adventures in California 1887

Number 91; or, The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy (Arthur Lee Putnam) 1887

The Store Boy; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay 1887

The Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success 1888

Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri 1888

Tom Temple's Career 1888

Tom Thatcher's Fortune 1888

Tom Tracy 1888

The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus 1888

Luke Walton; or, The Chicago Newsboy 1889

The Erie Train Boy 1890

$500; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret 1890

Mark Stanton 1890

Ned Newton; or, The Fortunes of a New York Bootblack 1890

A New York Boy 1890

The Odds Against Him; or, Carl Crawford's Experience 1890

Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck 1890

Dean Dunham; or, The Waterford Mystery 1891

The Young Boatman of Pine Point 1892

Ralph Raymond's Heir 1892

Digging For Gold. A Story of California 1892

Facing the World; or, The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane 1893

In a New World; or, Among the Gold-Fields of Australia 1893

Only an Irish Boy; or, Andy Burke's Fortunes and Misfortunes 1894

Victor Vane, The Young Secretary 1894

Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight. 1895

The Disagreeable Woman; A Social Mystery (Julian Starr) 1895

Frank Hunter's Peril 1896

The Young Salesman 1896

Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent 1897

Walter Sherwood's Probation 1897

A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker 1898

The Young Bank Messenger 1898

Mark Mason's Victory; or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy 1899

Jed, the Poorhouse Boy 1899

Silas Snobden's Office Boy 1899

Rupert's Ambition 1899

A Debt of Honor. The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West 1900

Falling in With Fortune; or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary 1900

Out for Business; or, Robert Frost's Strange Career 1900

Ben Bruce. Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy 1901

Lester's Luck 1901

Making His Mark 1901

Nelson the Newsboy; or, Afloat in New York 1901

Tom Brace: Who He Was and How He Fared 1901

Young Captain Jack; or, The Son of a Soldier 1901

Andy Grant's Pluck 1902

A Rolling Stone; or, The Adventures of a Wanderer 1902

Tom Turner's Legacy 1902

Striving for Fortune; or, Walter Griffith's Trials and Successes 1902

The World Before Him 1902

Bernard Brooks' Adventures. The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials 1903

Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune 1903

Forging Ahead 1903

Adrift in New York: or, Tom and Florence Braving the World 1904

Finding a Fortune 1904

Jerry the Backwoods Boy; or, The Parkhurst Treasure 1904

Lost at Sea; or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise 1904

From Farm to Fortune; or Nat Nason's Strange Experience 1905

Mark Manning's Mission. The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy 1905

The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success 1905

Joe the Hotel Boy; or, Winning Out By Pluck 1906

Randy of the River; or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand 1906

Young Musician 1906

In Search of Treasure. The Story of Guy's Eventful Voyage 1907

Wait and Win. The Story of Jack Drummond's Pluck 1908

Ben Logan's Triumph; or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy 1908

Robert Coverdale's Struggle; or, On the Wave of Success 1910

Silas Snobden's Office Boy 1973

Cast Upon the Breakers 1974

Hugo, the Deformed 1978

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