ALGER: A Biography Without A Hero

Mayes, Herbert R.

Published by Macy-Masius, New York, 1928

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8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 241 pp., illustrated with plates and map end papers. Orange cloth with title in black, in pink pictorial dust jacket. The dj, priced at $3.50, has some light edge wear, particularly at the spine's crown and foot; a lightly sunned spine, and a tanned rear panel. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. *** The first, and heavily fictionalized biography of Horatio Alger, who, for the 50th anniversary of its publication, admitted it was mostly made up. Horatio Alger was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ALGER: A Biography Without A Hero
• Publisher: Macy-Masius, New York
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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