Christopher Crennen
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A young boy supports his family through earnest labor and honesty. Unlike most Alger novels, the plot keeps the unlikely circumstances to a minimum. The one strange event being the affair of the valuable ring, which occupies the last half of the book. This device eliminates the usual rescue by an influential rich man, but it does still require a reputable rich man to vouch for Paul honesty in circumstances that would never occur in the real world....
3) Sam's Chance
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Inspiring stories of honesty, generosity, industry, thrift, temperance, ambition, bravery, and devotion to family and education. Written by Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), #19 on Wikipedia's "List of best-selling fiction authors" in world history. Narrated and very slightly edited by Christopher Crennen.
Reviews of Alger's work: "causes the sympathetic tear", "entertaining", "thrilling episodes", "bright and lively", "exciting and interesting", "spirited...
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Inspiring stories of honesty, generosity, industry, thrift, temperance, ambition, bravery, and devotion to family and education. Written by Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), #19 on Wikipedia's "List of best-selling fiction authors" in world history. Narrated and very slightly edited by Christopher Crennen.
Reviews of Alger's work: "causes the sympathetic tear", "entertaining", "thrilling episodes", "bright and lively", "exciting and interesting", "spirited...
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) may be one of America's greatest authors. According to Wikipedia's list of best-selling authors, Alger is the best-selling American fiction author of the 1800s and one of the best-selling authors in world history. Alger's books are thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter. While his books are hugely entertaining, Alger wrote with a serious purpose, believing that...
6) Julius
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Inspiring stories of honesty, generosity, industry, thrift, temperance, ambition, bravery, and devotion to family and education. Written by Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), #19 on Wikipedia's "List of best-selling fiction authors" in world history. Narrated and very slightly edited by Christopher Crennen.
Reviews of Alger's work: "causes the sympathetic tear", "entertaining", "thrilling episodes", "bright and lively", "exciting and interesting", "spirited...
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) is one of America's most remarkable authors. Wikipedia lists Alger as the best-selling American fiction author of the 1800s and one of the best-selling authors in world history. Alger's books are thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter. While his books are hugely entertaining, Alger wrote with a serious purpose, believing that books have a profound influence on readers...
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In the tradition of Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Alger, Jr. created heroes who exemplify industry, thrift, honesty, generosity, and bravery in their struggles to survive and prosper in a free, competitive economy. Alger's books are thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter.
Hundreds of millions of Alger's books have been sold, making him one of the best-selling authors in American and world history....
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) is one of America's most remarkable authors. Wikipedia lists Alger as the best-selling American fiction author of the 1800s and one of the best-selling authors in world history. Alger's books are thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter. While his books are hugely entertaining, Alger wrote with a serious purpose, believing that books have a profound influence on readers...
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) may be one of America's greatest authors. According to Wikipedia's list of best-selling authors, Alger is the best-selling American fiction author of the 1800s and one of the best-selling authors in world history. Alger's books are thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter. While his books are hugely entertaining, Alger wrote with a serious purpose, believing that...
11) Bound to Rise
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899). One of the best-selling fiction authors in world history. Thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter. A champion of the American Dream, Alger's heroes are ambitious, industrious, thrifty, honest, temperate, brave, generous, neat, studious, and devoted to family. His villians are often lazy, spendthrift, dishonest, alcoholic, brutal, and selfish. Men, women, boys, and...
12) Tattered Tom
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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) is one of America's most remarkable authors. Wikipedia lists Alger as the best-selling American fiction author of the 1800s and one of the best-selling authors in world history. Alger's books are thrilling page-turners with cliff-hanger endings that leave readers eager for the next chapter. While his books are hugely entertaining, Alger wrote with a serious purpose, believing that books have a profound influence on readers...