Bibliograph

Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks

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Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Ragged Dick

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Ragged Dick series

Sub title

or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks

Summary

'Ragged Dick' is a fourteen-year-old bootblack - he smokes, drinks occasionally, and sleeps on the streets - but he is anxious "to turn over a new leaf, and try to grow up 'spectable". He won't steal under any circumstances, and many gentlemen who are impressed with this virtue (and his determination to succeed) offer their aid... (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

Target audience

adolescent

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Street life in New York with the boot-blacks

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