Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becoming rich an...
Fifty Cents is a sentimental poem about a little boy who sees a street urchin begging for money. The boy is poor himself, but he gives the urchin his...
'Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished' tells the story of street urchins navigating the harsh realities of Victorian-era London. It explores themes of pove...