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    Bound to Rise; Or, Up the Ladder
    Bound to Rise; Or, Up the Ladder
    Bound to Rise; Or, Up the Ladder
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    Bound to Rise; Or, Up the Ladder

    By Horatio Alger, Jr.

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Bound to Rise; Or, Up the Ladder" by Horatio Jr. Alger. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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    Release dateAug 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547179771
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    Horatio Alger, Jr.

    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. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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