Horatio Alger Jr.

From Farm Boy to Senator (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Horatio Alger Jr. was a prolific American author in the 19th century.  Alger's books often portrayed classic rags-to-riches stories which had a major effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.  Alger's writings were geared towards young adults.

From Farm Boy to Senator is a novel that tells the story of Daniel Webster, a prominent American politician in the 19th century. A table of contents is included.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Charles River Editors
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781537822297
• Artikelnr.: 54253715

Autorenporträt

Horatio Alger Jr., an American novelist who lived from January 13, 1832, to July 18, 1899, authored books for young adults about poor lads who, through their good deeds, climb from impoverished roots to lives of stability and comfort in the middle class. His works are known for their "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative influence on the Gilded Age United States. All of Alger's young adult books revolve around the idea that a young man can change his situation for the better by acting morally. The "Horatio Alger myth" holds that the young man achieves success via toil, however, this is untrue. The youngster behaves according to classic characteristics like honesty, generosity, and altruism in the actual stories, and success is invariably the result of an accident that works to the boy's advantage. The youngster might recover a sizable sum of money that was misplaced or save a passenger from a derailed carriage. A wealthy person notices the youngster and his predicament as a result of this. For instance, in one tale, a little child narrowly avoids being hit by a streetcar before being snatched away to safety by a homeless orphan youth.