Author:Horatio Alger

Horatio Alger
(1832–1899)

Horatio Alger

Works

• Abraham Lincoln: The Backwoods Boy; or, How a Young Rail-Splitter became President (1883)
• Adrift in New York; or, Tom and Florence Braving the World (1904)
• Adrift in the City; or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight (1902)
• Andy Gordon; or, The Fortunes of a Young Janitor (1909)
• Andy Grant's Pluck (1902)
• Ballads
• Ben Bruce. Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy (1901)
• Ben Logan's Triumph; or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy (1908)
• Ben's Nugget; or, A Boy's Search for Fortune (1882)
• Ben The Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves (1870)
• Bernard Brooks' Adventures. The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials (1903)
• Bertha's Christmas Vision. An Autumn Sheaf (1856) (external scan)
• Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri (1888)
• Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder (1873)
• A Boy's Fortune; or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker (1898)
• Brave and Bold; or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton (1874)
• The Cash Boy (1887)
• Cast Upon the Breakers (1893)
• Charlie Codman's Cruise. A Story for Boys (1866)
• Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune (1903)
• The Cousin's Conspiracy
• Dan, the Detective (1884)
• Dean Dunham; or, The Waterford Mystery (1891)
• A Debt of Honor. The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West (1900)
• Digging for Gold. A Story of California (1892)
• The Disagreeable Woman; A Social Mystery (1895)
• Do and Dare; or A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune (1884) Project Gutenberg
• Driven from Home (1889)
• The Erie Train Boy (1890)
• The Errand Boy; or, How Phil Brent Won Success (1888)
• Facing the World; or, The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane (1893) Project Gutenberg
• Fair Harvard (1852)
• Falling in With Fortune; or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary (1900)
• Fame and Fortune; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter (1868)
• A Fancy of Hers (1892) (external scan)
• Finding a Fortune (1904)
• Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret (1890)
• Forging Ahead (1903)
• Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent (1897)
• Frank Hunter's Peril (1896)
• Frank's Campaign; or, What Boys can do on the Farm for the Camp (1864) Project Gutenberg
• From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield (1881)
• From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster (1882)
• From Farm to Fortune; or Nat Nason's Strange Experience (1905)
• Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving (1875) Project Gutenberg
• Grit; The Young Boatman
• Hector's Inheritance; or, The Boys of Smith Institute (1885) Project Gutenberg
• Helen Ford (1866)
• Helping Himself; or, Grant Thornton's Ambition (1886) Project Gutenberg
• Herbert Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son Project Gutenberg 1875)
• In a New World; or, Among the Gold-Fields of Australia (1893)
• Jack's Ward; or, The Boy Guardian (1875) Project Gutenberg
• Jed, The Poor House Boy (1899)
• Jerry the Backwoods Boy; or, The Parkhurst Treasure (1904)
• Joe the Hotel Boy, or Winning Out by Pluck (1906)
• Joe's Luck; or Always Wide Awake (1913) Project Gutenberg
• John Maynard: A Ballad of Lake Erie January (1868)
• Julius; or, The Street Boy out West (1874)
• Lester's Luck (1901)
• Lost at Sea; or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise (1904)
• Luck And Pluck; or, John Oakley's Inheritance (1869)
• Luke Walton; or, The Chicago Newsboy (1889)
• Making His Way (1901)
• Marie Bertrand (1864)
• Mark Manning's Mission. The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy (1905)
• Mark Mason's Victory; or, The Trials and Triumphs of a Telegraph Boy (1899)
• Mark Stanton (1890)
• Mark the Match Boy; or, Richard Hunter's Ward (1869)
• Ned Newton; or, The Fortunes of a New York Bootblack (1890)
• Nelson the Newsboy; or, Afloat in New York (1901)
• A New York Boy (1890)
• The New Schoolma'am; or, A Summer in North Sparta (anonymous 1877)
• Nothing to Do: A Tilt at Our Best Society (1857) (external scan)
• Nothing to Eat (1857) Project Gutenberg
• Number 91; or, The Adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy (1887)
• The Odds Against Him; or, Carl Crawford's Experience (1890)
• Only an Irish Boy; or, Andy Burke's Fortunes and Misfortunes (1894) Project Gutenberg
• Out for Business; or, Robert Frost's Strange Career (1900)
• Paul Prescott's Charge: A Story for Boys (1865)
• Paul the Peddler; or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant (1871) Project Gutenberg
• Phil the Fiddler; or, The Story of a Young Street Musician (1872) Project Gutenberg
• Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks (1868) (transcription project)
• Ralph Raymond's Heir; or, The Merchant's Crime (1869)
• Randy of the River; or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand (1906)
• Risen from the Ranks; or, Harry Walton's Success (1874) Project Gutenberg
• Robert Coverdale's Struggle; or, On the Wave of Success (1910)
• A Rolling Stone; or, The Adventures of a Wanderer (1902)
• Rough and Ready (Horatio Alger); or, Life Among the New York Newsboys (1869)
• Rufus and Rose; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready (1870)
• Rupert's Ambition (1899)
• Sam's Chance; and How He Improved It (1876)
• Seeking His Fortune, And Other Dialouges (1875)
• Shifting for Himself; or, Gilbert Greyson's Fortune's (1876)
• Silas Snobden's Office Boy (1899)
• Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve (1870)
• Slow and Sure; or, From the Street to the Shop (1872)
• The Store Boy; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay (1887) Project Gutenberg
• St. Nicholas (1875)
• Strive and Succeed; or, The Progress of Walter Conrad (1872)
• Striving for Fortune; or, Walter Griffith's Trials and Successes (1902)
• Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe (1871)
• Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin's Luck (1868) Project Gutenberg
• Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab (1871)
• The Telegraph Boy (1879)
• Timothy Crump's Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It (1866) Project Gutenberg
• The Tin Box
• Tom, The Boot Black
• Tom Brace: Who He Was and How He Fared (1901)
• Tom Temple's Career (1888)
• Tom Thatcher's Fortune (1888)
• Tom Tracy (1888)
• Tom Turner's Legacy (1902)
• Tony the Hero (1880)
• Tony, The Tramp
• The Train Boy (1883)
• Try and Trust; or, The Story of a Bound Boy (1873) Project Gutenberg
• Victor Vane, The Young Secretary (1894)
• Voices of the Past (1849)
• Wait and Hope; or, Ben Bradford's Motto (1877)
• Wait and Win. The Story of Jack Drummond's Pluck (1908)
• Walter Sherwood's Probation (1897) Project Gutenberg
• A Welcome to May May (1853)
• The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success (1878)
• The World Before Him (1902)
• Wren Winter's Triumph
• The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus (1888)
• The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains (1878)
• The Young Bank Messenger (1898)
• The Young Boatman of Pine Point (1892)
• The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success (1905)
• Young Captain Jack; or, The Son of a Soldier (1901)
• The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of Robert Rudd (1883)
• The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras (1880) Project Gutenberg
• The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California (1879)
• The Young Musician; or, Fighting His Way (1906) Project Gutenberg
• The Young Outlaw; or, Adrift In The Streets (1875)
• The Young Salesman (1896)

Works about Alger

• "Alger, Horatio," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
• "Alger, Horatio, Jr.," in The Biographical Dictionary of America, (ed.) by Rossiter Johnson, Boston: American Biographical Society (1906)