Horatio Alger: Gender and Success in the Gilded Age Ragged Dick and Tattered Tom |
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Editor:
| Cook, Charles Orson |
ISBN: | 978-1-881089-66-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $32.95USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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The Horatio Alger myth has worked itself deeply into American culture. Even those who have never read one of his stories and many who could not identify him have come to believe that honest, industrious adolescents can easily rise from poverty to respectability.
The Horatio Alger myth has worked itself deeply into American culture. Even those who have never read one of his stories and many who could not identify him have come to believe that honest, industrious adolescents can easily rise from poverty to respectability.