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Jack's Ward, by Horatio Alger, Jr.
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Title: Jack's Ward
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Release Date: January 16, 2004 [eBook #10729]
Language: English
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JACK'S WARD
OR
THE BOY GUARDIAN
BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
1910
[Illustration: Jack seized the old man, thrust him through the secret door and locked it.]
BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834. He was the son of a clergyman; was graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at its Divinity School in 1860; and was pastor of the Unitarian Church at Brewster, Mass., in 1862-66.
In the latter year he settled in New York and began drawing public attention to the condition and needs of street boys. He mingled with them, gained their confidence, showed a personal concern in their affairs, and stimulated them to honest and useful living. With his first story he won the hearts of all red-blooded boys everywhere, and of the seventy or more that followed over a million copies were sold dur