Ragged Dick
05/05/1868 AD published
Alger expands his serialized tale into a novel, which is published by A. K. Loring. Thousands of copies sell out within weeks, and the novel is republished in August 1868.
It was the first in a six-volume Ragged Dick series. The book is Alger's best-selling work and remained in print for forty years.
Boston, MA
Lattitude: 42.3601° N
Longitude: 71.0589° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 42.3601° N
Longitude: 71.0589° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What published?
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Horatio Alger American writer of young...
Objects To Whom or What was published?
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Ragged Dick (or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks) It was the first volume ...
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