Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Alger
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Alger · 28 chapters
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Dick had a frank, straight-forward manner that made him a favorite.
But in spite of his dirt and rags there was something about Dick that was attractive.
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- Chapter I. RAGGED DICK IS INTRODUCED TO THE READER
- Chapter II. JOHNNY NOLAN
- Chapter III. DICK MAKES A PROPOSITION
- Chapter IV. DICK’S NEW SUIT
- Chapter V. CHATHAM STREET AND BROADWAY
- Chapter VI. UP BROADWAY TO MADISON SQUARE
- Chapter VII. THE POCKET-BOOK
- Chapter VIII. DICK’S EARLY HISTORY
- Chapter IX. A SCENE IN A THIRD AVENUE CAR
- Chapter X. INTRODUCES A VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFIDENCE
- Chapter XI. DICK AS A DETECTIVE
- Chapter XII. DICK HIRES A ROOM ON MOTT STREET
- Chapter XIII. MICKY MAGUIRE
- Chapter XIV. A BATTLE AND A VICTORY
- Chapter XV. DICK SECURES A TUTOR
- Chapter XVI. THE FIRST LESSON
- Chapter XVII. DICK’S FIRST APPEARANCE IN SOCIETY
- Chapter XVIII. MICKY MAGUIRE’S SECOND DEFEAT
- Chapter XIX. FOSDICK CHANGES HIS BUSINESS
- Chapter XX. NINE MONTHS LATER
- Chapter XXI. DICK LOSES HIS BANK-BOOK
- Chapter XXII. TRACKING THE THIEF
- Chapter XXIII. TRAVIS IS ARRESTED
- Chapter XXIV. DICK RECEIVES A LETTER
- Chapter XXV. DICK WRITES HIS FIRST LETTER
- Chapter XXVI. AN EXCITING ADVENTURE
- Chapter XXVII. CONCLUSION