Name: Ragged Dick
ISBN: 9781406806717

Horatio Alger

A novel, subtitled 'street life in New York with the boot-blacks' from a popular figure in the history of American social ideals

Ragged Dick

Scott Wilson

Fairly basic but interesting in that it presented a historical look at a youth employed in what many might consider to be a low quality job and his struggle to improve his lot in life. Along the way Ragged Dick learns the value of savings, the importance of persistence, and most importantly perhaps the power of paying it forward.

A quick read but I enjoyed it very much.