{"product_id":"9780812973587","title":"Ragged Dick: or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAlger, Horatio; Shipler, David K.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModern Library\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Alger] was an utterly American artist . . . and the truth of his books is the truth  of the power of the wish. . . . Alger was perhaps American capitalism’s greatest  and most effective propagandist.”–Richard Wright\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by David K. Shipler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten to inspire schoolboys to strive for “honesty, industry, frugality, and a  worthy ambition,” the novels of Horatio Alger (1832-99) are infused with great humanity,  broad humor, and a surprisingly sophisticated view of Gilded Age propriety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral  to Alger’s philosophy is the notion that heroes like Ragged Dick, a poor boot-black,  manage to get ahead by dint of hard work, resourcefulness, luck, pluck, and fair  play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlger’s upwardly mobile heroes have become paragons of middle-class comfort  and moral standing, and their journeys from rags to respectability have long been  viewed as the very embodiment of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this Modern Library Paperback  Classic, the text of Ragged Dick is set from the first American book edition of 1868.  Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374527709439,"sku":"9780812973587","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780812973587_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598159","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780812973587","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}