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	==See also==		==See also==

	==In scholarship==		'''In scholarship'''
	*Michael Moon, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928532 “‘The Gentle Boy from the Dangerous Classes’: Pederasty, Domesticity, and Capitalism in Horatio Alger,”] ''Representations'' 19 (1987): 87-110.		*Michael Moon, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928532 “‘The Gentle Boy from the Dangerous Classes’: Pederasty, Domesticity, and Capitalism in Horatio Alger,”] ''Representations'' 19 (1987): 87-110.

	==Other literary figures==		'''Other literary figures'''
	*[[Edgar Allan Poe]]		*[[Edgar Allan Poe]]
	*[[Will Durant]]		*[[Will Durant]]

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	==See also==		==See also==

			==In scholarship==
			*Michael Moon, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2928532 “‘The Gentle Boy from the Dangerous Classes’: Pederasty, Domesticity, and Capitalism in Horatio Alger,”] ''Representations'' 19 (1987): 87-110.

			==Other literary figures==
	*[[Edgar Allan Poe]]		*[[Edgar Allan Poe]]
	*[[Will Durant]]		*[[Will Durant]]

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	Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5348 Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>		Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5348 Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>

			==See also==
			*[[Edgar Allan Poe]]
			*[[Will Durant]]
			*[[Andre Gide]]
			*[[Mark Twain]]

	==References==		==References==

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	The biography ''Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/horatiosboys00edwi Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger]</ref> (1974) was reviewed by the MAP ally historian Hubert Kennedy (''The Advocate'', May 1984), revealing details about Alger as a boy-lover.<ref>https://docslib.org/doc/12028799/hubert-kennedy-reviewing-boy-love-and-nambla</ref> Kennedy wrote:		The biography ''Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/horatiosboys00edwi Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger]</ref> (1974) was reviewed by the MAP ally historian Hubert Kennedy (''The Advocate'', May 1984), revealing details about Alger as a boy-lover.<ref>https://docslib.org/doc/12028799/hubert-kennedy-reviewing-boy-love-and-nambla</ref> Kennedy wrote:

	"It may well be, as San Francisco gay historian Allan Bérubé has said, that Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was “19th-century America’s most prominent boy lover.” Author of over 100 books for boys, Alger is perhaps the best-selling author of all time in America. That Alger was a boy lover was not publicly revealed, however, until 1971. [...]		<blockquote>''It may well be, as San Francisco gay historian Allan Bérubé has said, that Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was “19th-century America’s most prominent boy lover.” Author of over 100 books for boys, Alger is perhaps the best-selling author of all time in America. That Alger was a boy lover was not publicly revealed, however, until 1971.'' [...]

	A graduate of Harvard College (1852) and the Harvard Divinity School (1860), Alger was minister of the Unitarian Church in Brewster (Cape Cod), Mass., for only 15 months, his position being abruptly terminated in March 1866 by the revelation of a three-man investigating committee that he was guilty of “a most heinous crime, a crime of no less magnitude than the abominable and revolting crime of unnatural familiarity with boys.” Alger was presented with the charge and the evidence of his guilt, “which he neither denied nor attempted to extenuate but received with the apparent calmness of an old offender,” though he did admit “that he had been imprudent.” The committee reporting to the American Unitarian Association in Boston added that he “hastily left town on the next train for parts unknown—probably Boston.” Instead, Alger went on to New York, determined to continue his writing career, which had begun while he was still an undergraduate. With the publication in 1867 of the popular ''Ragged Dick'', Alger’s success was assured."		''A graduate of Harvard College (1852) and the Harvard Divinity School (1860), Alger was minister of the Unitarian Church in Brewster (Cape Cod), Mass., for only 15 months, his position being abruptly terminated in March 1866 by the revelation of a three-man investigating committee that he was guilty of “a most heinous crime, a crime of no less magnitude than the abominable and revolting crime of unnatural familiarity with boys.” Alger was presented with the charge and the evidence of his guilt, “which he neither denied nor attempted to extenuate but received with the apparent calmness of an old offender,” though he did admit “that he had been imprudent.” The committee reporting to the American Unitarian Association in Boston added that he “hastily left town on the next train for parts unknown—probably Boston.” Instead, Alger went on to New York, determined to continue his writing career, which had begun while he was still an undergraduate. With the publication in 1867 of the popular ''Ragged Dick'', Alger’s success was assured.''</blockquote>
	[[File:Horatio alger biography.jpg\|thumb\|Cover of the biography ''Horatio’s Boys'' by Edwin P. Hoyt]]		[[File:Horatio alger biography.jpg\|thumb\|Cover of the biography ''Horatio’s Boys'' by Edwin P. Hoyt]]

	In 1986, NAMBLA gave a colloquial and somewhat crude description of Alger in a list of "15 famous men who loved boys"~~.<ref>https~~:~~//nambla.org/famousmen.htm</ref>~~		In 1986, NAMBLA gave a colloquial and somewhat crude description of Alger in a list of "15 famous men who loved boys":

	"As pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brewster, Massachusetts, he befriended many of the local boys and took them on afternoon seaside picnics, which, to the outrage of the community, turned out to be mini-orgies in the dunes. When the truth came out, Alger was arrested and run out of town."		<blockquote>''As pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brewster, Massachusetts, he befriended many of the local boys and took them on afternoon seaside picnics, which, to the outrage of the community, turned out to be mini-orgies in the dunes. When the truth came out, Alger was arrested and run out of town.''<ref>[https://nambla.org/famousmen.htm NAMBLA: Famous Men]</ref></blockquote>

	Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5348 Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>		Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5348 Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>

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	"As pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brewster, Massachusetts, he befriended many of the local boys and took them on afternoon seaside picnics, which, to the outrage of the community, turned out to be mini-orgies in the dunes. When the truth came out, Alger was arrested and run out of town."		"As pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brewster, Massachusetts, he befriended many of the local boys and took them on afternoon seaside picnics, which, to the outrage of the community, turned out to be mini-orgies in the dunes. When the truth came out, Alger was arrested and run out of town."

	Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[~~http~~://~~library~~.~~lol~~/~~main~~/~~F90A6B5F5FE0D5AA9DEA1DD1986E7C5E~~ Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>		Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5348 Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>

	==References==		==References==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Gay]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Gay]]

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	[[File:Horatio Alger Jr.jpg\|thumb\|Horatio Alger Jr.]]		[[File:Horatio Alger Jr.jpg\|thumb\|Horatio Alger Jr.]]
	'''Horatio Alger Jr.''' (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.<ref>This article combines original research and information from ~~wikipedia~~. See ~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Horatio_Alger. See also https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horatio-Alger</ref> Alger published children's literature throughout his life, emphasizing the values of hard-work, honesty, charity, and altruism. The ''Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans'' continues this legacy by offering scholarships to prospective students, dedicated "to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles".<ref>https://horatioalger.org/</ref>		'''Horatio Alger Jr.''' (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.<ref>This article combines original research and information from Wikipedia. See [[Wikipedia:Horatio_Alger\|Horatio Alger]]. See also, [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horatio-Alger Britannica]</ref> Alger published children's literature throughout his life, emphasizing the values of hard-work, honesty, charity, and altruism. The ''Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans'' continues this legacy by offering scholarships to prospective students, dedicated "to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles".<ref>https://horatioalger.org/</ref>

	The biography ''Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/horatiosboys00edwi Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger]</ref> (1974) was reviewed by the MAP ally historian Hubert Kennedy (''The Advocate'', May 1984), revealing details about Alger as a boy-lover.<ref>https://docslib.org/doc/12028799/hubert-kennedy-reviewing-boy-love-and-nambla</ref> Kennedy wrote:		The biography ''Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/horatiosboys00edwi Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger]</ref> (1974) was reviewed by the MAP ally historian Hubert Kennedy (''The Advocate'', May 1984), revealing details about Alger as a boy-lover.<ref>https://docslib.org/doc/12028799/hubert-kennedy-reviewing-boy-love-and-nambla</ref> Kennedy wrote:

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	'''Horatio Alger Jr.''' (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.<ref>This article combines original research and information from wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Alger. See also https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horatio-Alger</ref> Alger published children's literature throughout his life, emphasizing the values of hard-work, honesty, charity, and altruism. The ''Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans'' continues this legacy by offering scholarships to prospective students, dedicated "to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles".<ref>https://horatioalger.org/</ref>		'''Horatio Alger Jr.''' (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.<ref>This article combines original research and information from wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Alger. See also https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horatio-Alger</ref> Alger published children's literature throughout his life, emphasizing the values of hard-work, honesty, charity, and altruism. The ''Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans'' continues this legacy by offering scholarships to prospective students, dedicated "to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles".<ref>https://horatioalger.org/</ref>

	The biography ''[https://archive.org/details/horatiosboys00edwi Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger]'' (1974) was reviewed by the MAP ally historian Hubert Kennedy (''The Advocate'', May 1984), revealing details about Alger as a boy-lover.<ref>https://docslib.org/doc/12028799/hubert-kennedy-reviewing-boy-love-and-nambla</ref> Kennedy wrote:		The biography ''Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/horatiosboys00edwi Horatio’s Boys: The Life and Works of Horatio Alger]</ref> (1974) was reviewed by the MAP ally historian Hubert Kennedy (''The Advocate'', May 1984), revealing details about Alger as a boy-lover.<ref>https://docslib.org/doc/12028799/hubert-kennedy-reviewing-boy-love-and-nambla</ref> Kennedy wrote:

	"It may well be, as San Francisco gay historian Allan Bérubé has said, that Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was “19th-century America’s most prominent boy lover.” Author of over 100 books for boys, Alger is perhaps the best-selling author of all time in America. That Alger was a boy lover was not publicly revealed, however, until 1971. [...]		"It may well be, as San Francisco gay historian Allan Bérubé has said, that Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was “19th-century America’s most prominent boy lover.” Author of over 100 books for boys, Alger is perhaps the best-selling author of all time in America. That Alger was a boy lover was not publicly revealed, however, until 1971. [...]
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	Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[http://library.lol/main/F90A6B5F5FE0D5AA9DEA1DD1986E7C5E Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>		Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[http://library.lol/main/F90A6B5F5FE0D5AA9DEA1DD1986E7C5E Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>

			==References==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Gay]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:People]][[Category:People: Sympathetic Activists]][[Category:People: American]][[Category:People: Adult or Minor sexually attracted to or involved with the other]][[Category:Gay]]

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	"It may well be, as San Francisco gay historian Allan Bérubé has said, that Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was “19th-century America’s most prominent boy lover.” Author of over 100 books for boys, Alger is perhaps the best-selling author of all time in America. That Alger was a boy lover was not publicly revealed, however, until 1971. [...]		"It may well be, as San Francisco gay historian Allan Bérubé has said, that Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899) was “19th-century America’s most prominent boy lover.” Author of over 100 books for boys, Alger is perhaps the best-selling author of all time in America. That Alger was a boy lover was not publicly revealed, however, until 1971. [...]

	A graduate of Harvard College (1852) and the Harvard Divinity School (1860), Alger was minister of the Unitarian Church in Brewster (Cape Cod), Mass., for only 15 months, his position being abruptly terminated in March 1866 by the revelation of a three-man investigating committee that he was guilty of “a most heinous crime, a crime of no less magnitude than the abominable and revolting crime of unnatural familiarity with boys.” Alger was presented with the charge and the evidence of his guilt, “which he neither denied nor attempted to extenuate but received with the apparent calmness of an old offender,” though he did admit “that he had been imprudent.” The committee reporting to the American Unitarian Association in Boston added that he “hastily left town on the next train for parts unknown—probably Boston.” Instead, Alger went on to New York, determined to continue his writing career, which had begun while he was still an undergraduate. With the publication in 1867 of the popular ''Ragged Dick'', Alger’s success was assured."		A graduate of Harvard College (1852) and the Harvard Divinity School (1860), Alger was minister of the Unitarian Church in Brewster (Cape Cod), Mass., for only 15 months, his position being abruptly terminated in March 1866 by the revelation of a three-man investigating committee that he was guilty of “a most heinous crime, a crime of no less magnitude than the abominable and revolting crime of unnatural familiarity with boys.” Alger was presented with the charge and the evidence of his guilt, “which he neither denied nor attempted to extenuate but received with the apparent calmness of an old offender,” though he did admit “that he had been imprudent.” The committee reporting to the American Unitarian Association in Boston added that he “hastily left town on the next train for parts unknown—probably Boston.” Instead, Alger went on to New York, determined to continue his writing career, which had begun while he was still an undergraduate. With the publication in 1867 of the popular ''Ragged Dick'', Alger’s success was assured."
			[[File:Horatio alger biography.jpg\|thumb\|Cover of the biography ''Horatio’s Boys'' by Edwin P. Hoyt]]

	In 1986, NAMBLA gave a colloquial and somewhat crude description of Alger in a list of "15 famous men who loved boys".<ref>https://nambla.org/famousmen.htm</ref>		In 1986, NAMBLA gave a colloquial and somewhat crude description of Alger in a list of "15 famous men who loved boys".<ref>https://nambla.org/famousmen.htm</ref>

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	'''Horatio Alger Jr.''' (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.<ref>This article combines original research and information from wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Alger. See also https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horatio-Alger</ref> Alger published children's literature throughout his life, emphasizing the values of hard-work, honesty, charity, and altruism. The ''Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans'' continues this legacy by offering scholarships to prospective students, dedicated "to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles".<ref>https://horatioalger.org/</ref>		'''Horatio Alger Jr.''' (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age.<ref>This article combines original research and information from wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Alger. See also https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horatio-Alger</ref> Alger published children's literature throughout his life, emphasizing the values of hard-work, honesty, charity, and altruism. The ''Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans'' continues this legacy by offering scholarships to prospective students, dedicated "to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles".<ref>https://horatioalger.org/</ref>

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	Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[http://library.lol/main/F90A6B5F5FE0D5AA9DEA1DD1986E7C5E Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>		Alger's most famous novel, ''Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York With the Bootblacks'' (1867), can be read online here.<ref>[http://library.lol/main/F90A6B5F5FE0D5AA9DEA1DD1986E7C5E Alger - Ragged Dick book PDF]</ref>


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