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The result was Keep — Caknuck 20:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ragged Dick

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Dime novel, like many other Alger novels, which are not considered notable. ¿SFGiДnts! ¿Complain! ¿Analyze! ¿Review! 17:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep It was the first novel by a well-known author, I doubt it would be difficult to find "multiple, non-trivial published works" about this.--P4k 17:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
    • My bad, not his first novel. Still, there has probably been enough published about this to write a decent article.--P4k 17:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep if truly an Alger story. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 18:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Well known Alger story, even if not great literature. Received a favorable review in Putnam's Magazine, Second Volume, July-December 1868, page 120 [1]. " A Hunt on Snow Shoes" (1906) by Edward Ellis[2] says this was the book that made Alger famous (p366), and that 200,000 copies had sold by 1906. "Growing Up Postmodern," edited by Ronald Strickland, (2002), page 53 [3] has substantial discussion of the book. Also analyzed in "Intimate and authentic economies," by Tom Nissley, (2002) [4] pp 78-80. See also at FindArticles McGlinn, Jeanne "Rags to Riches: The Horatio Alger Theme in Adolescent Novels about the Immigrant Experience". ALAN Review. Summer 2004. FindArticles.com. 08 Sep. 2007. [5]. Britannica gives this novel prominemce in their online article about Alger; see [6]. These cites, only a small fraction of what can be found at Google Books [7], amply satisfy WP:N. Remarkable longevity of notability, besides selling a lot of books over many years. Edison 02:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Very notable book by Alger. jmsloderbeck 21:04, 11 September 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.26.24.50 (talk • contribs) Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 21:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


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