Ragged Dick : Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alger, Horatio.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Ragged Dick"" was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867. While in course of publication, it was received with so many evidences of favor that it has been rewritten and considerably enlarged, and is presented to the public as the first volume of a series intended to illustrate the life and experiences of the friendless and vagrant children who are now numbered by thousands in New York and other...

Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter I Ragged Dick is Introduced to the Reader; Chapter II Johnny Nolan; Chapter III Dick Makes a Proposition; Chapter IV Dick's New Suit; Chapter V Chatham Street and Broadway; Chapter VI Up Broadway to Madison Square; Chapter VII The Pocket-Book; Chapter VIII Dick's Early History; Chapter IX A Scene in a Third Avenue Car; Chapter X Introduces a Victim of Misplaced Confidence; Chapter XI Dick as a Detective; Chapter XII Dick Hires a Room on Mott Street; Chapter XIII Micky Maguire; Chapter XIV A Battle and a Victory; Chapter XV Dick Secures a Tutor

Chapter XVI The First LessonChapter XVII Dick's First Appearance in Society; Chapter XVIII Micky Maguire's Second Defeat; Chapter XIX Fosdick Changes His Business; Chapter XX Nine Months Later; Chapter XXI Dick Loses His Bank-Book; Chapter XXII Tracking the Thief; Chapter XXIII Travis is Arrested; Chapter XXIV Dick Receives a Letter; Chapter XXV Dick Writes His First Letter; Chapter XXVI An Exciting Adventure; Chapter XXVII Conclusion; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77556-665-X

OCLC:

476249334