Books with title Dan, the Newsboy

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Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme, known as the "Horatio Alger myth": a teenage boy works hard to escape poverty. Often it is not hard work that rescues the boy from his fate but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage. This brings the boy—and his plight—to the attention of a wealthy individual.Alger secured his literary niche in 1868 with the publication of his fourth book, Ragged Dick, the story of a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability. This novel was a huge success. His many books that followed were essentially variations on Ragged Dick and featured casts of stock characters: the valiant hard-working, honest youth, the noble mysterious stranger, the snobbish youth, and the evil, greedy squire.In the 1870s, Alger's fiction was growing stale. His publisher suggested he tour the American West for fresh material to incorporate into his fiction. Alger took a trip to California, but the trip had little effect on his writing: he remained mired in the tired theme of "poor boy makes good." The backdrops of these novels, however, became the American West rather than the urban environments of the northeastern United States.

This work as a part of the knowledge base of civilization was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant."Evening Telegram! Only one left. Going for two cents, and worth double the money.Buy one, sir?"Attracted by the business-like tone of the newsboy, a gentleman paused as he wasascending the steps of the Astor House, and said, with a smile:"You seem to appreciate the Telegram, my boy. Any important news this afternoon?""Buy the paper, and you'll see," said the boy, shrewdly."I see—you don't care to part with the news for nothing. Well, here are your two cents.""Thank you, sir."Still the gentleman lingered, his eyes fixed upon the keen, pleasant face of the boy.

Excerpt from Dan: The NewsboyAttra'cted by the business-like tone of the newsboy, a gentleman paused as' he was ascending the steps of the Astor House, and said, with a smile: You seem to appreciate the Telegram, my boy. Any important news this afternoon? Buy the paper, and you'll see, said the boy, shrewdly. I see - you don't care to part with the news for nothing. Well, here are your two cents. Thank you, sir. Still the gentleman lingered, his eyes fixed upon the keen, pleasant face of the boy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work as a part of the knowledge base of civilization was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant."Evening Telegram! Only one left. Going for two cents, and worth double the money.Buy one, sir?"Attracted by the business-like tone of the newsboy, a gentleman paused as he wasascending the steps of the Astor House, and said, with a smile:"You seem to appreciate the Telegram, my boy. Any important news this afternoon?""Buy the paper, and you'll see," said the boy, shrewdly."I see—you don't care to part with the news for nothing. Well, here are your two cents.""Thank you, sir."Still the gentleman lingered, his eyes fixed upon the keen, pleasant face of the boy.