{"product_id":"luke-walton-by-horatio-alger-jr-paperback","title":"Luke Walton, by Horatio Alger Jr. (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoratio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty, starting with Ragged Dick in 1868. [Critics point out that hard work itself does not rescue the boy from his fate, but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty, which brings him into contact with a wealthy benefactor.] In the last decades of the 19th century, Alger's moral tone coarsened, and violence, murder, and other sensational themes entered his works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184539402449,"sku":"9781479414987","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781479414987_FC.jpg?v=1784075601","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/luke-walton-by-horatio-alger-jr-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}