{"product_id":"do-and-dare-horatio-alger-9781835523261","title":"Do And Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight For Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever used the phrase \"rags to riches,\" you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlger's works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard work, determination, courage, honesty, and morals was popular with both adults and younger readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlger's writings happened to correspond with America's Gilded Age, a time of increasing prosperity in a nation rebuilding from the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis lifelong theme of rags to riches continued to gain popularity but has gradually lessened since the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill, readers today often come across Ragged Dick and stories like it in school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Horatio Alger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835523269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835523261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sorens Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.29d","brand":"Horatio Alger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47304695185663,"sku":"9781835523261","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51c54763-2f55-409a-9856-1dd0735c4d0d.jpg?v=1758828900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-and-dare-horatio-alger-9781835523261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}