Bound To Rise Or, Harry Walton's Motto

Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates. Very Good. 0. Early printing; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is an early printing, but not a First Edition. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine of the book has some noticeable toning / darkening. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a young man's name and address in pencil on the first free page. The fron pastedown page has the remnants of a previous owner's address label. "In the last decades of the 19th century, Alger's moral tone coarsened with the change in boys' tastes. The public wanted sensational thrills. The Protestant work ethic was less prevalent in the United States, and violence, murder, and other sensational themes entered Alger's works. Public librarians questioned whether his books should be made available to the young. [1][2] They were briefly successful, but interest in Alger's novels was renewed in the first decades of the 20th century, and they sold in the thousands. By the time he died in 1899, Alger had published around a hundred volumes. He is buried in Natick, Massachusetts." (from Wikipedia) .