Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899 / 2008-11-25 00:00:00
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UP THE LADDER
BY Horatio Alger, Jr.
AUTHOR OF
"PAUL, THE. PEDDLER," "PHIL, THE FIDDLER," "STRIVE AND SUCCEED,"
"HERRERT CARTER'S LEGACY," "JACK'S WARD," "SHIFTING FOR HIMSELF,"
ETC.
BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and
himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born
at Revere, Mass., January 18, 1884. He was the son of a clergyman;
was graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity School
in 1860; and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Mass.,
in 1862-66. In the latter year he settled in New York and began
drawing public attention to the condition and needs of street boys.
He mingled with them, gained their confidence, showed a personal
concern in their affairs, and stimulated them to honest and useful
living. With his first story he won the hearts of all red-blooded
boys every-where, and of the seventy or more that followed over a
million copies were sold during the author's lifetime.
In his later life he was in appearance a short, stout, bald-headed
man, with cordial manners and whimsical views of things that amused
all who met him. He died at Natick, Mass., July 18, 1899.
Mr. Alger's stories are as popular now as when first published,
because they treat of real live boys who were always up and about--just
like the boys found everywhere to-day.
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