Alger's classic tales of poor boys made good are great motivational stories for boys! In this book, #38 in the Horatio Alger series, Harry Walton decides to enter the Centerville Gazette as a printer's apprentice, also known as a "printer's devil," in his attempt to mirror the life of his hero, Benjamin Franklin, even though he has to take a cut in pay. He sees it as a favorable investment for the future. Harry works with two other men, John Clapp, a spendthrift, and Mr. Ferguson, a responsible family man. Teaches the value of hard work, responsibility, and deferred gratification.

Published by M.A. Donohue  of Chicago, a major reprinter of children's books at the time, sometime between 1908 and 1910.  Full title is Risen from the Ranks, or, Harvey Walton's Success. 12mo size (ca. 7.5" tall). Green cloth binding with red lettering and decorations on the spine and a decorative red border on the front. Cover paste-down of a boy or young man with a hobo's bundle and a dog. 245 pages plus an 11 page excerpt from the novel The Criminal Witness at the end. Also a page advertising the Oliver Optic series after the excerpt. Signatures stapled together and glued into binding.

Fair copy. Much edge wear. Color rubbing off spine and back cover. Paste-down has large chip missing. Pages very tanned and brittle. Binding shaken.

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