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Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward (Penguin Classics) Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward (Reprint Edition) by Horatio Alger Jr., Carl (Editor/Introduction) Bode, Professor Carl Bode Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1985 ISBN-10: 0-14-039033-2 / 0140390332 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-039033-9 / 9780140390339 From the 1860's through the 1890s, Horatio Alger wrote hundreds of novels to teach young boys the merits of honesty, hard work, and cheerfulness in the face of adversity. As Carl Bode points out in his introduction, Horatio Alger filled a void in American literature and met scant competition both in |