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Ragged Dick

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"Ragged Dick" was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867. While in course of publication, it was received with so many evidences of favor that it has been rewritten and considerably enlarged, and is presented to the public as the first volume of a series intended to illustrate the life and experiences of the friendless and vagrant children who are now numbered by thousands in New York and other cities.Several characters in the story are sketched from life. The necessary information has been gathered mainly from personal observation and conversations with the boys themselves. The author is indebted also to the excellent Superintendent of the Newsboys' Lodging House, in Fulton Street, for some facts of which he has been able to make use. Some anachronisms may be noted. Wherever they occur, they have been admitted, as aiding in the development of the story, and will probably be considered as of little importance in an unpretending volume, which does not aspire to strict historical accuracy.

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Publisher
1st World Library
Language
English
Pages
244

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Ragged Dick
Ragged Dick: Or Street Life in New York With the Boot-blacks
March 23, 2007, BiblioBazaar
Paperback in English
Cover of: Ragged Dick (Norton Critical Edition)
Ragged Dick (Norton Critical Edition)
December 19, 2007, W. W. Norton, W. W. Norton & Co.
Paperback in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Ragged Dick
Ragged Dick
January 30, 2006, 1st World Library
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Ragged Dick
Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks (Alger, Horatio, Works.)
October 30, 2002, Polyglot Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks
Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks
1990, Penguin Group
in English
Cover of: Ragged Dick
Ragged Dick: and Mark, the match boy.
1962, Collier Books
in English
Cover of: Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-blacks
Cover of: Ragged Dick

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First Sentence

""WAKE up there, youngster," said a rough voice."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
244
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
Weight
15.7 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9654095M
ISBN 10
1421814579
ISBN 13
9781421814575
OCLC/WorldCat
76829196

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"WAKE up there, youngster," said a rough voice.
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