Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr.

Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks

A poor but honest New York bootblack uses industry, thrift, and integrity to better his lot: aided by sympathetic benefactors, he learns to read, save, and resist bad influences, secures steady work in a counting-house, and through perseverance and good character rises from street urchin to respectable young man.

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