Download or read book Ragged Dick, Fame and Fortune and Mark the Match Boy (Illustrated) written by Horatio Alger, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ragged Dick is Horatio Alger's most notorious short story that helped shaped American identity and shed light on the number and severity of boys living on the street in New York. Read about how Ragged Dick starts out as a street boy and bootblack and eventually pulls himself up by his bootstraps.Continue the tales to success with Mark the Match Boy as Mark happens to meet Ragged Dick and is affected by his own story of success.Horatio Alger was once crowned "America's bestselling author of all time." His works are back and they read like never before. E-books come alive with illustrations, commentary, author biography, study questions and more. You will fall in love with these stories of success!