Tight binding, light age soil to covers, slight sun fading to spine, unmarked text, square. No dust jacket. Map endpapers. Over a dozen full page, black and white glossy photos, mostly of drawings for Alger book covers. 6.25x9.25x1.25" Full list of books written by Horatio Alger, Jr. 241 pages. "His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth": a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty.".

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Title

Alger: A Biography Without a Hero

Publisher

Macy-Masius, NY

Publication Date

1928

Binding

Hardbound

Edition

(1st edition).

Condition

GOOD+

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