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Julius the Street Boy, Classics To Go

This being an Alger novel there are several chance encounters that give the hero a chance to better himself without exerting himself overly or even being particularly virtuous. Then there are bears, an Indian, and an incompetent schoolhouse teacher that the boys get to shame entirely.

Jr. Horatio Alger

Horatio Alger Jr. ; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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