Horatio Alger Jr. Collection, A-I

see larger picture	Abraham Lincoln: The Backwoods Boy or, How a Young Rail-Splitter became President. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Adrift in New York or, Tom and Florence Braving the World. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED The life and career of Abraham Lincoln are presented in a fictionalized biography, from his youth on the Kentucky frontier to his momentous presidency.		ILLUSTRATED A kidnapped heir is raised as a thief in New York City but is eventually discovered by his relatives. Aka: Dodger and Florence Braving the World; The Adventures of a Wide-Awake Boy.
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see larger picture	Adrift in the City or, Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Andy Grant's Pluck. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Oliver discovers that his late mother is actually being held prisoner in an insane asylum by his cruel stepfather and searches for a way to free her.		ILLUSTRATED Young Andy meets much adversity in his quest for success.
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see larger picture	Ben Bruce Scenes in the Life of a Bowery Newsboy. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Ben Logan's Triumph or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED A boy runs away from his cruel stepfather to New York City and takes a job as a newsboy and part-time actor.		ILLUSTRATED A poor New York newsboy rescues a visiting farmer from swindlers and is rewarded with a new home on the farm and later, tuition to a boarding school. A Stratemeyer Completion book.
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see larger picture	Ben's Nugget or, A Boy's Search for Fortune. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Ben the Luggage Boy or, Among the Wharves. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Ben Stanton and his Chinese friend Ki Sing head west to seek their fortunes in the California Gold Rush. Aka: A Triumph of the Right; BenStanton, The Explorer. In Pacific Series.		ILLUSTRATED A young runaway makes his living carrying baggage on the docks of New York; he is befriended by a well-to-do lady who persuades him to return home to his family in Philadelphia. In Ragged Dick Series.
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see larger picture	Bernard Brooks' Adventures The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Bertha's Christmas Vision An Autumn Sheaf by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED After running away from a dismal boarding school, Bernard finds a job as a professor's secretary and travels to Europe. Aka: Working His Way Upward; The Experiences of a Plucky Boy.		ILLUSTRATED A collection of the author's earliest short stories and poems. Little Floyd, or, How a miser was reclaimed -- My castle -- Miss Henderson's Thanksgiving Day -- Little Charlie -- Bertha's Christmas vision
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see larger picture	Bob Burton or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Bound To Rise or, Harry Walton's Motto. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Young Bob tries to foil the schemes of a crooked real estate agent plotting to seize his family's ranch. In Way to Success Series.		ILLUSTRATED To support his impoverished family, a farm boy travels to New York and takes on a variety of jobs including apprentice shoemaker and magician's assistant. In Luck & Pluck Series.
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see larger picture	Boy's Fortune, A or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Brave and Bold or, The Fortunes of a Factory Boy. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Ben, a farm boy, goes to New York and takes a job working in his rich uncle's department store, unaware that his uncle made his fortune by robbing Ben's late father		ILLUSTRATED A small town factory boy learns the secret of a local miser and travels to India to solve the mystery of his Father's disappearance at sea. Aka: The Adventures of Robert Rushton. In Brave and Bold Series.
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see larger picture	Cast Upon The Breakers. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Charlie Codman's Cruise A Story for Boys. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED At a New York boarding school, the boys with no money have a hard time.		ILLUSTRATED A poor Boston boy is shanghaied aboard a ship full of rough sailors to ensure his silence about an embezzlement and blackmail plot. Aka: Bill Sturdy: or, A Young Sailor's Pluck. In Campaign Series.
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see larger picture	Chester Rand or, A New Path to Fortune. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Dan, the Detective. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Country boy Chester goes to New York City to begin a career as a commercial artist.		ILLUSTRATED After a thief steals their rent money, a poor New York newsboy has trouble supporting his ailing mother until a kind stranger steps in. Aka: Dan, The Newsboy; Winning Success; the Story of a Boy's Life in the Streets of New York; Dutiful Dan, The Brave Boy Detective.
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see larger picture	Dean Dunham or, The Waterford Mystery. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Debt of Honor, A The Story of Gerald Lane's Succes in the Far West by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Intrepid sixteen-year-old Dean Dunham travels west to find his fortune and solves the mystery of this uncle's robbery. Aka: Wait Till the Clouds Roll By.		ILLUSTRATED Gerald Lane heads west to seek his fortune and claim the money owed his father by an unscrupulous former business partner. Aka: A Debt of Honor; or, On His Own Merit.
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see larger picture	Digging For Gold A Story of California by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Disagreeable Woman, The A Social Mystery by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED An Iowa farm boy goes to Sacramento to seek his fortune on the California gold fields. Aka: Bound to Make His Way. In New World Series.		ILLUSTRATED A social mystery with a most peculiar woman.
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see larger picture	Do and Dare or, A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Erie Train Boy, The by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED To support his ailing mother, young Herbert takes a number of odd jobs and becomes a paid companion to a wealthy but sickly young man. In Atlantic Series.		ILLUSTRATED A young boy supports his family by working on the Erie trains selling cards, newspapers, and novels. Aka: Fred's Railroad Adventure; Straight Ahead; Life on the Iron Road.
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see larger picture	Errand Boy, The or, How Phil Brent Won Success. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Facing the World or, The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Told by his mean stepmother that he was a foundling, Phil Brent travels to New York and takes a job as assistant to a popular entertainer.		ILLUSTRATED Tired of trying to outwit his miserly uncle, Young Harry Vane finds work as a magician's assistant and embarks with him on a perilous sea voyage. Aka: Val Vane's Victory! Or, Well Won! In New World Series.
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see larger picture	Falling in With Fortune or, The Experiences of a Young Secretary. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Young Robert Frost becomes private secretary to a wealthy lady and accompanies her on a trip through Europe. In Stratemeyer Completion.		ILLUSTRATED Richard Hunter, Esq., formerly Ragged Dick, is having trouble adapting to respectable society and the working world when he is framed for theft. In Ragged Dick Series.
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see larger picture	Finding a Fortune by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	$500 or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Fifteen year old Harry Gilbert worked in a grocery to support his widowed mother, but lost his job to the storekeeper's relative. In addition, Harry suffered insults from a wealthy family due to his impecunious state. After escaping a trick trap set by his tormentors, Harry discovers a tin box that changed his life. Aka: The Tin Box and What it Contained.		ILLUSTRATED Old Jacob Marlowe pretends to be poor to test the sincerity of his relatives' devotion; his nephew Bert proves to be honest and trustworthy. Aka: Uncle Jacob's Secret; or, The Boy Who Cleared His Father's Name.
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see larger picture	Forging Ahead by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Frank and Fearless or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED A humble school janitor makes an enemy of an arrogant student whose rich father determines to get him fired, but he is vindicated in the end. Aka: Andy Gordon; or The Fortunes of a Young Janitor		ILLUSTRATED After his father's death, Jasper Kent runs away from his scheming stepmother and heads west where he rescues a girl from kidnappers. Aka: Won by Pluck.
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see larger picture	Frank Fowler, The Cash Boy by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Frank Hunter's Peril by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED After his dying mother reveals he was adopted, young Frank goes to New York to support himself and his sister while trying to solve the mystery of his birth. Aka: Frank Fowler's Early Struggles or From Prison to Fortune.		ILLUSTRATED Young Frank goes on a trip through Europe with a friend of his new stepfather's, unaware that it is a plot to murder him for his inheritance Aka: A Struggle for the Right.
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see larger picture	Frank's Campaign or, What Boys can do on the Farm for the Camp. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	From Canal Boy to President or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED While his father is serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, young Frank must work the family farm and find a way to pay off the mortgage. Aka: A Tale of the Farm and the Camp. In the Campaign Series.		ILLUSTRATED The life of James A. Garfield is recounted in this fictionalized biography from his youth in upstate New York to his brief presidency and tragic assassination. Aka: A Boy's Life of Garfield.
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see larger picture	From Farm Boy to Senator Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	From Farm to Fortune or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED The life of Daniel Webster is recounted in this fictionalized biography, from his youth on a New Hampshire farm to his distinguished career in Congress. Aka: Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster.		ILLUSTRATED Nat, a country boy, quarrels with his miserly uncle and goes to New York City to seek his fortune. In Stratemeyer Completion.
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see larger picture	Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving with Other Ballads and Poems by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Hector's Inheritance or, The Boys of Smith Institute. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Collection of Alger poems, odes, and ballads.		ILLUSTRATED Told by his rich uncle he was adopted and therefore not entitled to his inheritance, young Hector is sent away to an unhappy life at a boarding school. Aka: Never Despair! (Nil Desperandum!); or, Courage Against the World. In the Atlantic Series.
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see larger picture	Helen Ford by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Helping Himself or, Grant Thorton's Ambition. by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Cheated out of an inheritance, Helen tries to support her sickly father as an actress on the New York stage. Aka: A Child of Fortune.		ILLUSTRATED In order to pay his minister father's debts, young Grant postpones his college education to take a job as a Wall Street broker's clerk. Aka: Grant Thorton's Rapid Rise in New York. In the Atlantic Series.
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see larger picture	Herbert Carter's Legacy or, The Inventor's Son. by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	Herbert Selden, The Poor Lawyer's Son by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Poor Herbert works hard to support his widowed mother and pay the mortgage until one of his father's inventions proves a success. Aka: George Carter's Legacy; or, The Inventor's Son. In the Luck and Pluck Series.		ILLUSTRATED This is a first edition of an Alger Tale serialized in 1859. The death of his uncle starts Thomas on an unusual adventure.
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see larger picture	Hugo the Deformed by Horatio Alger	see larger picture	In a New World or, Among the Gold-Fields of Australia by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED Hugo suffered from grossly ugly distortions of the body, but he still had spirit and talent.		ILLUSTRATED Harry and his friend Jack face many perils and adventures while prospecting for gold in the Australian Outback. Aka: Harry Vane, The Nugget Finders. A Tale of the Gold Fiels of Australia. In the New World Series..
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see larger picture	In Search of Treasure The Story of a Guy's Eventful Voyage by Horatio Alger
	ILLUSTRATED A poor clergyman's son finds a treasure map in his attic and works his passage to Madagascar to recover the pirate gold. Aka: A Lucky Find.
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