Young Hector's Uncle tells him that he is really a low-born beggar boy with no legal claim to his dead father's estate. Come to find out, his uncle lied, and Hector eventually succeeds to the property while his bad uncle is brought low instead. The moral of these tales is always that if you are good and honest and try hard you will triumph over adversity. Would that it were always so. 1885. Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard ...
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Young Hector's Uncle tells him that he is really a low-born beggar boy with no legal claim to his dead father's estate. Come to find out, his uncle lied, and Hector eventually succeeds to the property while his bad uncle is brought low instead. The moral of these tales is always that if you are good and honest and try hard you will triumph over adversity. Would that it were always so. 1885. Alger is the original rags-to-riches guy, often credited with inventing the strive-and-succeed spirit that inspired boys to work hard and advance themselves in order to achieve the American Dream. This theme resonates throughout his numerous writings. From Chapter One: That is more reasonable, said Mr. Roscoe, to himself, as he laid down the letter. Three hundred dollars I consider a fair price. At any rate, I do not propose to pay any more for Hector. I suppose the table is plain enough, but I don't believe in pampering the appetites of boys. If he were the master of Roscoe Hall, as he thinks he is, there might be some propriety in it; but upon that head I shall soon undeceive him. I will let him understand that I am the proprietor of the estate, and that he is only a dependent on my bounty. I wonder how he will take it. I dare say he will make a fuss, but he shall soon be made to understand that it is of no use. Now to answer these letters.
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Add this copy of Hector's Inheritance or the Boys of Smith Institute to cart. $5.62, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
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very good condition in green cloth with a bit of spine fading there is a small paste on from the bender Room, Stanford Library on the front end page But no other library markings.
Add this copy of Hector's Inheritance; Or, the Boys of Smith Institute to cart. $9.95, good condition, Sold by Clausen Books, RMABA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Colorado Springs, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1885 by The John C. Winston Company.
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Color Frontispiece. Very Good. Ex-Library, Hard Cover. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Ex-Hiram Clyde Bundy [private library] copy with usual stamps, stickers, and labels; aged textblock is clean and tight; illustrated, moderately worn cloth binding showing the determined, clean-cut young man on the front cover; 307pp.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Blue cloth binding with a picture of a boy selling newspapers on the front cover. Black print on the cover and gold and black print on the spine. Uniform Alger Series for Boys. No markings in the text. Some scattered light soil spots on the page margins. No date of publication mentioned, but appears to be early 1900s.
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Add this copy of Hector's Inheritance; Or, the Boys of Smith Institute to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by Dorley House Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hagerstown, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1885 by Henry T. Coates.
