Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 18, 1884. He was the son of a clergyman; was graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity School in 1860; and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Mass., in 1862-66. In the latter year he settled in New York and began drawing public attention to the condition and needs of street boys. He mingled with them, gained their confidence, showed a personal concern in their affairs, and stimulated them to honest and useful living. With his first story he won the hearts of all red-blooded boys every-where, and of the seventy or more that followed over a million copies were sold during the author's lifetime.

Author: Alger Jr., Horatio
Editor: 1stWorld Library
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Bound To Rise
Pages: 00260 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2005-01-12
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781421801414
Category: Fiction : General