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Facing The World
""Facing The World"" is a novel written by Horatio Alger Jr., an American author known for his inspirational stories of success and self-improvement. The book follows the story of a young orphan named Harry Vane who is forced to leave his small town and make a life for himself in the big city. Along the way, Harry encounters numerous challenges and obstacles, including poverty, discrimination, and deceitful individuals who try to take advantage of him. Despite these challenges, Harry remains determined to succeed and works tirelessly to improve his situation. With the help of his own hard work and the support of a few kind-hearted individuals, Harry is eventually able to overcome his struggles and achieve his goals. ""Facing The World"" is a timeless tale of perseverance and the power of the human spirit, and is sure to inspire readers of all ages.It was a terrible night. None of the passengers ventured upon deck. Indeed, such was the motion that it would have been dangerous, as even the sailors found it difficult to keep their footing. Harry was pale and quiet, unlike his friend from Brooklyn, whose moans were heard mingled with the noise of the tempest.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
108 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1893
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Horatio Alger Jr.
448 books96 followersHoratio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, most famous for his novels following the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children in their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort. His novels about boys who succeed under the tutelage of older mentors were hugely popular in their day.
Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the son of a Unitarian minister, Alger entered Harvard University at the age of sixteen. Following graduation, he briefly worked in education before touring Europe for almost a year. He then entered the Harvard Divinity School, and, in 1864, took a position at a Unitarian church in Brewster, Massachusetts. Two years later, he resigned following allegations he had sexual relations with two teenage boys.[1] He retired from the ministry and moved to New York City where he formed an association with the Newsboys Lodging House and other agencies offering aid to impoverished children. His sympathy for the working boys of the city, coupled with the moral values learned at home, were the basis of his many juvenile rags to riches novels illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. This widely held view involves Alger's characters achieving extreme wealth and the subsequent remediation of their "old ghosts." Alger is noted as a significant figure in the history of American cultural and social ideals. He died in 1899.
The first full-length Alger biography was commissioned in 1927 and published in 1928, and along with many others that borrowed from it later proved to be heavily fictionalized parodies perpetuating hoaxes and made up anecdotes that "would resemble the tell-all scandal biographies of the time."[2] Other biographies followed, sometimes citing the 1928 hoax as fact. In the last decades of the twentieth century a few more reliable biographies were published that attempt to correct the errors and fictionalizations of the past.
Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the son of a Unitarian minister, Alger entered Harvard University at the age of sixteen. Following graduation, he briefly worked in education before touring Europe for almost a year. He then entered the Harvard Divinity School, and, in 1864, took a position at a Unitarian church in Brewster, Massachusetts. Two years later, he resigned following allegations he had sexual relations with two teenage boys.[1] He retired from the ministry and moved to New York City where he formed an association with the Newsboys Lodging House and other agencies offering aid to impoverished children. His sympathy for the working boys of the city, coupled with the moral values learned at home, were the basis of his many juvenile rags to riches novels illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. This widely held view involves Alger's characters achieving extreme wealth and the subsequent remediation of their "old ghosts." Alger is noted as a significant figure in the history of American cultural and social ideals. He died in 1899.
The first full-length Alger biography was commissioned in 1927 and published in 1928, and along with many others that borrowed from it later proved to be heavily fictionalized parodies perpetuating hoaxes and made up anecdotes that "would resemble the tell-all scandal biographies of the time."[2] Other biographies followed, sometimes citing the 1928 hoax as fact. In the last decades of the twentieth century a few more reliable biographies were published that attempt to correct the errors and fictionalizations of the past.
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April 4, 2020
This is my second rereading, but I only remembered bits and pieces from the first time (Jack, the professor, the drunk seacaptain).
So, we start off with an orphaned boy--Harry Vane--who decides to take care of himself instead of living under the tyranny of his second-cousin. He has about six hundred dollars, three hundred which his late father left him and three hundred from a group of train passengers (because he bravely stopped a train wreck and saved them).
We end with the same boy coming out of a shipwreck alive, though another on board is later murdered. It's an interesting story, and guess what? There's a sequel! (Which I have also read before and also don't remember very well.)
So, we start off with an orphaned boy--Harry Vane--who decides to take care of himself instead of living under the tyranny of his second-cousin. He has about six hundred dollars, three hundred which his late father left him and three hundred from a group of train passengers (because he bravely stopped a train wreck and saved them).
We end with the same boy coming out of a shipwreck alive, though another on board is later murdered. It's an interesting story, and guess what? There's a sequel! (Which I have also read before and also don't remember very well.)
February 19, 2024
Amazing book
This book is awesome its like brave and bold which I also like so I felt pulled in too read and I'm glad I did as a home schooled kid our books change by a lot and I recommend the following: all of the rover boys book brave and bold tom swift and his airship,motor boat,submarine and this book now I have other books that I would recommend but this review is getting long
-Sam
This book is awesome its like brave and bold which I also like so I felt pulled in too read and I'm glad I did as a home schooled kid our books change by a lot and I recommend the following: all of the rover boys book brave and bold tom swift and his airship,motor boat,submarine and this book now I have other books that I would recommend but this review is getting long
-Sam
September 19, 2018
A feel good book. Great for young kids but definitely could be great for adults if many details weren’t glossed over.
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