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Try and Trust Kindle Edition

by Horatio Alger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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    206 pages
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  4. Publication date
    May 16, 2012
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    439 KB
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Horatio Alger Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult 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. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008478HCO
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 439 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 206 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1444428314
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chucksville
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best So Far
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2013
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I've probably read at least a dozen Horatio Alger stories so far and this is the best of them all.

Alger's analysis of human nature as well as the disparity between the economic classes really shines forth in this book. His dialogue is magnificent and his descriptions of life back in the 1900s is, as usual, excellent.

Many say that Alger's books are formulaic and, while there may be some truth to this comment, the fact of that matter is that every one of his books is a comfort and pleasure for me to read and I never feel myself nodding and saying "oh no, more of the same."

This is a great book. Read it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Rags to richea
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2019
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A fun read with good moral values.
Gives a good picture of the good old days and allows one to reflect upon inflation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Feel Good Tale with a Happy Ending
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2015
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"Try and Trust" set in rural and small town Ohio, is fast paced and uplifting. Horatio Alger wrote entertaining, feel good, rags to riches, and overcoming adversity, stories about plucky orphans or other young American males disadvantaged in some way or another. Their strength of character, courage and basic decency are always the cause of their eventual and inevitable success. A good way to get the flavor of post Civil War America. Well worth the price, $.99 when I bought it.
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G. Cunningham
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2015
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Horatio Alger is a long time famous writer who has exceptional skills in expressing an excellent story. I enjoyed this book tremendously.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2016
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Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Brought back memories of my childhood, reading Horatio Alger, Jr., books.
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Larry
4.0 out of 5 stars Read it while on my bicycling machine.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015
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Well done within the genre of late 19th century writing for a childrens' audience. I am an adult, but find it calming and enjoyable. The writing is simple, the plot contrived, but smoothly told with the noble intent of conveying character values, especially to underprivileged youth; I read a lot of Horatio Alger while on my bicycling machine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015
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learn about life around the turn of the last century
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Bethany Brockman
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better stories
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2013
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All the stories are the same. The religious tones are not hidden in this book. These are good books for young people to read.
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Zoë
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Reviewed in Canada on December 25, 2017
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Decent read
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Aashish Gupta
5.0 out of 5 stars True to his style of writing a very interesting story. Always bringing out the good qualities. It's a paze Turner.
Reviewed in India on April 24, 2018
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True to his style of writing a very interesting story. Always bringing out the good qualities. It's a paze Turner.
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brouk
4.0 out of 5 stars Agréable
Reviewed in France on January 19, 2017
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Facile à lire en plus l'histoire est très accrochante . Très bon livre pour celui qui veut apprendre l'anglais. Je recommande.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Try And Trust
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2015
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Benjamin Stanton had a letter from his sister in Ohio, Margaret, the letter was from a Doctor Kent, Margaret had died and left a young boy Herbert 14yrs with no money or family, Mr Stanton felt he should help the boy but his wife and son Tom did not like the idea of mixing with poor people, Dr Kent was sent a letter stating that Herbert should look after himself and enclosed 10 dollars, Dr Kent lived in Waverley, Ohio and Herbert had been living with them, Herbert was not going to ask help from his uncle he was going to make his own way in life

Herbert was driving a wagon on an errand for a local farmer to go and get some corn ground, on the way he met a man driving a buggy, the road was wide enough for two to pass but the man would not move, eventually the man ended up in a ditch and he had a strong hate for Herbert, he wanted to get his own back for this, Captain Ross leader of the selectmen of the village was trying to get Herbert a position, Abner Holden the man from buggy heard this and thought it might be a way of getting revenge, while Herbert was on his way back Hardon signed papers to take him

Holden left with Herbert the following morning, finally they reached a very run down place, Holden's home, Mrs Bickford the housekeeper was nice but Holden worked him very hard, there was an argument regarding Holden trying to con someone into buying a horse in bad condition, Herbert had told the buyer the truth and was due a terrible beating, Herbert ran but he needed his clothes, in the forest he met Ralph a man he knew who was living there, he agreed to help Herbert get his clothes, this they managed later that night, while Ralph was hunting Holden turns up and threatens Herbert with a gun, then Ralph who also has a gun turns up, Holden is tied up and Herbert makes his escape

Ralph and Herbert walked five miles to Vernon where he gave Herbert 25 dollars and boarded the train for Columbus, at Columbus Herbert misses his next train along with a lady in a carriage, she was hoping to put her father on the train but he was blind and needed help, Herbert agreed to take him, Mr Carroll gave Herbert a gun for their protection, Carroll was holding 5,000 dollars, they decided to stop at a hotel fro the night, Herbert had seen a man watching them and that night wounded him as he attempted to climb through their window, Carroll was very gratful and gave Herbert a letter of introduction for New York, on parting he gives Herbert 50 dollars

There is a time here when a Peter Greenleaf manages to get all of Herbert's money, Herbert takes his letter of introduction to Mr Godfrey and is surprised to find his cousin Tom Stanton working there, Herbert is given a job, his cousin is already jealous of him, Mr Godfrey likes Herbert and invites him to dinner and the theatre, Tom see's him in the theatre and his furious to see Herbert with Mr Godfrey's daughter Julia, a girl he likes himself

Herbert manages with the help of a policeman managed to get 40 dollars of his money back from Greenleaf, a man enters the office claiming he has lost his wallet, Tom says he saw Herbert pick it up, Herbert is searched, because he has money on him he is sacked from his job, now you will have to read on to see if Herbert can prove his innocence, there is a surprise visit by Ralph to Mr Stanton what business could they have, if Herbert was innocent what would happen to Tom, Ralph has some excellent news for Herbert, what are the futures for Stanton, Holden, Dr Kent and of course Herbert, another Horatio Alger book, over 40 chapters long and free, well worth a read
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Digital Panache
3.0 out of 5 stars Glad I picked it up
Reviewed in India on January 31, 2019
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Had it not been available in the kindle version, I would have probably never discovered this book or picked it up. Horatio Alger is good at explaining things and bring out his thoughts about people, society and financial observations. But where this book lacked a lot is in the storytelling. That aspect was weak and captivated me much lesser than what it could have. Nevertheless, I am glad I picked it up and read it. Would have missed out on a great author otherwise.
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Digital Panache
3.0 out of 5 stars Glad I picked it up
Reviewed in India on January 31, 2019
Had it not been available in the kindle version, I would have probably never discovered this book or picked it up. Horatio Alger is good at explaining things and bring out his thoughts about people, society and financial observations. But where this book lacked a lot is in the storytelling. That aspect was weak and captivated me much lesser than what it could have. Nevertheless, I am glad I picked it up and read it. Would have missed out on a great author otherwise.
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