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Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab

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By Jr. Horatio Alger
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The narrative follows a ragged, resourceful street child who adopts a boyish appearance to earn a living in the city, performing tasks like sweeping and trading small services while relying on quick wits and petty schemes. Episodic encounters with well-dressed pedestrians, rival street workers, and a stern grandmother produce scrapes, small triumphs, and moral choices that reveal class tensions and daily hazards. The sequence of adventures emphasizes perseverance, thrift, and the precarious hopes and practical ingenuity of urban childhood.

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Title: Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab

Author: Jr. Horatio Alger

Release date: January 18, 2017 [eBook #54006]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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POPULAR JUVENILE BOOKS,
By HORATIO ALGER, Jr.
RAGGED DICK SERIES.
Complete in Six Volumes.
I. RAGGED DICK; or, Street Life in New York.
II. FAME AND FORTUNE; or, The Progress of Richard Hunter.
III. MARK, THE MATCH BOY.
IV. ROUGH AND READY; or, Life Among New York Newsboys.
V. BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY; or, Among the Wharves.
VI. RUFUS AND ROSE; or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready.
Price, $1.25 per volume.
CAMPAIGN SERIES.
Complete in Three Volumes.
I. FRANK’S CAMPAIGN.
II. PAUL PRESCOTT’S CHARGE.
III. CHARLIE CODMAN’S CRUISE.
Price, $1.25 per volume.
LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES.
To be completed in Six Volumes.
I. LUCK AND PLUCK; or, John Oakley’s Inheritance.
II. SINK OR SWIM; or, Harry Raymond’s Resolve.
III. STRONG AND STEADY; or, Paddle your own Canoe. (In October, 1871.)
OTHERS IN PREPARATION.
Price, $1.50 per volume.
TATTERED TOM SERIES.
To be completed in Six Volumes.
I. TATTERED TOM; or, The story of a Street Arab.
II. PAUL, THE PEDDLER; or, The Adventures of a Young Street Merchant. (In November, 1871.)
OTHERS IN PREPARATION.
Price, $1.25 per volume.

TATTERED TOM;
OR,
THE STORY OF A STREET ARAB.

BY
HORATIO ALGER, Jr.,
AUTHOR OF “RAGGED DICK SERIES,” “LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES,”
“CAMPAIGN SERIES.”
LORING, Publisher,
Cor. Bromfield and Washington Streets,
BOSTON.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
A. K. LORING,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Rockwell & Churchill, Printers and Stereotypers,
122 Washington Street, Boston.
To
AMOS AND O. AUGUSTA CHENEY,
This Volume
IS DEDICATED
BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE BROTHER.