{"product_id":"bound-to-rise-horatio-alger-9781438533049","title":"Bound to Rise","description":"Horatio Alger wrote 135 dime novels in the latter part of the 19th century. His stories were rags to riches stories illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream. Alger's stories empathize the need for hard work and honesty as a way to get ahead. Alger describes young men in the city trying to get a head as newsboys, match boys, peddlers, street musicians, and many others Bound to Rise is the story of a young man inspired to become an author after reading the biography of Benjamin Franklin. He leaves home and learns about borrowing, interest, leverage, the value of learning, hard work and false friends. Alger as in many of his books stresses the principles of hard work and high morals as a means to achieving the American Dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Horatio Alger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438533047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438533049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Jungle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Horatio Alger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057432948991,"sku":"9781438533049","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67847789-3ea6-4f7a-82a4-f6bedf9cd78f.jpg?v=1685046946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bound-to-rise-horatio-alger-9781438533049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}