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      Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy

      by Horatio Alger Jr.
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      102
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      If you've ever used the phrase "rags to riches," you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Alger's works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard work, determination, courage, honesty, and morals was popular with both adults and younger readers.
      Alger's writings happened to correspond with America's Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War. His lifelong theme of rags to riches continued to gain popularity but has gradually lessened since the 1920s. Still, readers today often come across Ragged Dick and stories like it in school.

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      General Fiction

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      Action Adventure Historical

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade Young Adult / Teens

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      Nov 2015 Createspace ISBN 151952126X
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      Dec 2012 New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1900 ISBN B00AMZ7MV8
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      Nov 2015 New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1887