Facing The World

Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's stories empathize the need for hard work and honesty as a way to get ahead. Alger describes young men in the city trying to get a head as newsboys, match boys, peddlers, street musicians, and many others. In Facing the World a boy's parents have both died. His guardian is unkind and unjust. The boy runs away and is fortunate to find a mentor who gives him a job as his helper in his magic act. They travel over the country and have many interesting experiences

• • Author: Horatio Alger, Max S. Driscoll
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Jul 10, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 140 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1535220600
• • ISBN-13: 9781535220606