Books published by publisher John C. Winston

Horatio Alger Jr.(1832–1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, including four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with ‘William Taylor Adams’, a boys’ author, changed Horatio’s interest to writing for the juvenile market. Alger’s first book for young people, “Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York,” was a huge success, securing the author’s fame among the youth of America. After this success, Alger devoted his writing to his ‘formula, rags-to-riches’ books for boys.Adrift in the City; or Oliver Conrad’s Plucky Fight, is one of Horatio Alger’s ‘formula’ written books for boys. Young Oliver Conrad’s mother has been falsely locked in an insane asylum, where she is told of her only son’s death. Oliver, left to the care of his scheming step-father, hears that his mother has died. He is disinherited, forced out of his small-town home, and left to make his own way in the city of New York. Through assistance from new friends – who believe in the boy’s honest nature – Oliver rises above false accusations, and dastardly plots, to reunite with his mother, and regain his property.Further information on this prolific author will be found in the introduction provided by AlwaysWrite Ent. Although many of the books offered by AlwaysWrite Ent. are provided exactly as the author presented them in their original format, all works have been entered, and edited, by hand – not merely scanned. They have been spell-checked, and punctuation corrected where necessary.