Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-blacks | 
In the 1860s, Horatio Alger wrote a series of books for boys about Ragged Dick, a New York City boot black who, through hard work, rises to middle class respectability. It's a classic, sentimental rags-to-riches fantasy of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps. #startedfromthebottom #timbittime @Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs
TheKidUpstairs Great classic pick! 5y
LeahBergen That title has always made me go 🤔... 😂😂 5y
BiblioLitten @LeahBergen 🤣🤣 5y
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merelybookish @LeahBergen Ha! 😂 Poor Mrs Ragged Dick. 😬 5y
CarolynM @LeahBergen @merelybookish 😂😂😂 5y
Leftcoastzen You went way back! 5y
merelybookish @Leftcoastzen It's from my "Obscure books I had to read in grad school" file. ? 5y
Cinfhen Exactly!!!!! @LeahBergen 😂😂😂 5y
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