Ragged Dick
Author(s): Horatio Alger, Jr.
Genre(s): Action & Adventure
Narrators: Alys AtteWater
Number of Chapters: 13
Length: 4 hours and 37 minutes
Language: English
Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becoming rich and successful through “luck and pluck”. Ragged Dick was the first in this niche, and follows the adventures of Dick Hunter, a ragged bootblack as he makes the decision to “grow up ’spectable”, and how he goes about achieving his goals through the help of his friends, his inherent honesty, and his belief in hard work and study. (Summary by Alice)
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The audiobook Ragged Dick falls under the genres of Action & Adventure. It is written by Horatio Alger, Jr..