Helping Himself Or Grant Thornton's Ambition |
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| Author:
| Alger, Horatio |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5346-2142-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.95 |
Book Description:
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Being the fourth and concluding volume of the "Atlantic Series"
It is almost superfluous to say anything in praise of stories written by Horatio Alger. His name is a passport to hours of the keenest delight and enjoyment in scenes of stirring life and adventure. Alger understood exactly how to write stories full of excitement, yet not demoralizing or dull; inculcating, incidentally, manliness, and inciting to whatever is good.
"'The name of Horatio Alger, Jr., stands...
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Being the fourth and concluding volume of the "Atlantic Series"
It is almost superfluous to say anything in praise of stories written by Horatio Alger. His name is a passport to hours of the keenest delight and enjoyment in scenes of stirring life and adventure. Alger understood exactly how to write stories full of excitement, yet not demoralizing or dull; inculcating, incidentally, manliness, and inciting to whatever is good.
"'The name of Horatio Alger, Jr., stands among juvenile readers,' says the Boston Commonwealth, 'for that of a potent conjurer, as no writer of fiction has a stronger hold upon the affection of the boys and girls of this country, nor is there one whose work has a better moral tone, for it invariably impresses the value of integrity, energy, and perseverance as the sole factor in securing the success of his heroes. His latest book, 'Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton's Ambition,' like each of its predecessors, is a work that will be eagerly read by the wide circle by whom his books are always received, and to whom they prove a never-ending source of pleasure and profit. Grant Allen, the hero, is a bright, honest, high-minded boy who foregoes the cherished plan of a college education, and a subsequent professional career, in order to be an immediate help to his parents, and stepping upon the lowest round of the mercantile ladder, works his way up by his individual energy and talent to the possession of a competency and an honorable place as a business man. The story of young Thornton's struggles will be read with interest and profit by the class of readers for whom it is designed and to whom it can be cordially recommended." -Literary News