Source: Horatio Alger Resources

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Struggling upward; and other works. by Horatio Alger, jr., with an introduction by Russel Crouse. NY: Crown P, 1945. PS1029 .A3 S7

Silas Snobden's office boy. Foreword by Ralph D. Gardner. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. PS1029 .A3 S5

Cast upon the breakers. Foreword by Ralph D. Gardner. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. PS1029 A3 C35

| Top | Selected Bibliography

Chase, Bradford S. "The State of Juvenile Book Collecting: Horatio Alger Books." Newsboy 30.4 (Jul-Aug 1992): 11-14.

Chase, Bradford S. "Michael A. Donahue: A Profile of a Publisher and His Horatio Alger, Jr. Products." Newsboy 33.1 (Jan-Feb 1995): 9-14.

Decker, Jeffrey L. Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1997.

Ernest, John. "Moral Capitalism in Horatio Alger, Jr.'s 'Ragged Dick'. Dime Novel Roundup 60.4 (Aug 1991): 58-64.

Fatherly, Jo Anne. "The Horatio Alger Theme in Girls' Books." Newsboy 33.2 (Mar-Apr1995): 11-13.

Forrey, Robert. "The Horatio Alger Society: A Variety of Religious Experience." Bootblack 1.4 (Jul-Aug 1989): 96-108.

- - -. "Horatio Alger: The Art of Pederasty." Bootblack 3.6 (Nov-Dec 1991): 182-90.

Gardner, Ralph D. "Whatever Became of Horatio Alger?" Newsboy 30.4 (Jul-Aug 1992): 5; 7.

- - -. "In Search of Horatio Alger!" Newsboy 3 (Jul-Aug 1993): 5-8.

Hendler, Glenn. "Pandering in the Public Sphere: Masculinity and the Market in Horatio Alger." American Quarterly 48.3 (Sep 1996): 415-38.

Hoyt, Edwin P. Horatio's boys; the life and works of Horatio Alger, Jr. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co. 1974. PS1029.A3 Z68

Kanar, Hanley. "Horatio Alger and Frank's Campaign: White Supremacy in a Northern Intellectual's Juvenile Novel." Children' s Literature Association Quarterly 17.1 (Sprg 1992): 36-40.

Kasper, Robert E. "Horatio Alger Goes International: Collecting Foreign Editions." Newsboy 36.4 (Jul-Aug 1998): 3, 5-11.

Leverenz, David. "Tomboys, Bad Boys, and Horatio Alger: When Fatherhood Became a Problem." American Literary History 10.1 (Sprg 1998): 219-36.

May, George W. "Horatio Alger Banned, 1910." Newsboy 35.2 (Mar-Apr 1997): 12.

Moraru, Christian. "Rewriting Horatio Alger: Robert Coover and the Public Burning of the Public Sphere." Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory 10.3 (Dec 1999): 235-54.

Morley, Michael, and Janice. "Facing the (Internet) World: A Look at the Horatio Alger Society Web Site." Newsboy 38.5 (Sep-Oct 2000): 9-10.

Murch, Ronald A. "Horatio Alger Books, Ltd." Newsboy 33.6 (Nov-Dec 1995): 11-12.

Nackenoff, Carol. "Of Factories and Failures: Exploring the Invisible Factory Gates of Horatio Alger, Jr." Journal of Popular Culture 25.4 (Sprg 1992): 63-80.

O'Gara, Gil. "Horatio Alger and the Happy Accident; Or, Don't Take It Too Seriously." Newsboy 28.8 (Sep-Oct 1990): 11-13.

Pitofsky, Alex. "Dreiser's The Financier and the Horatio Alger Myth." Twentieth Century Literature 44.3 (Fall 1998): 276-90.

Roach, Bill, and Mary. "The Horatio Alger, Jr. Resources Web Site." Newsboy 37.4 (Jul-Aug 1999): 18.

- - -. "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Horatio Alger Heroes." Newsboy 38.3 (May-Jun 2000): 17-19.

Scharnhorst, Gary. Horatio Alger, Jr. Boston: Twayne, 1980. PS1029.A3 Z83

Scharnhorst, Gary, and Jack Bales. The lost life of Horatio Alger, Jr. Bloomington: Indiana UP, c1985. PS1029 .A3 Z84

- - -. Horatio Alger, Jr.: an annotated bibliography of comment and criticism. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1981. Z8027.15 .S33

Walter, Peter C. "Horatio Alger and the American Union." Newsboy 35.2 (Mar-Apr 1997): 9-11.

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