Follow this link to the Horatio Alger Jr. Resources Home page. There are links to on-line texts of novels and poetry by Horatio Alger, Jr., a Horatio Alger, Jr. FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) page, links to University Libraries/Archives/Special Collections with books and manuscripts by Horatio Alger, Jr., and much more. This web site is maintained by
Bill Roach
Follow this link to join the ALGER-L List Server (on-line forum)
Follow this link to the Horatio Alger Association Home Page.
Follow this link to find out about the 1982 Horatio Alger, Jr. commemorative stamp.
Follow this
link to find out more about Natick, Massachusetts, Alger's long-time residence
Follow
this link to read a modern interpretation of the Horatio Alger ideal.
Finding books by Horatio Alger, Jr. on the Web
The following sites have numerous used and rare books for sale in their databases. Note that book dealers frequently use more than one web listing service, so you may find the same book from the same dealer on multiple sites. Also, be aware that because it is often difficult to identify Alger first editions without a specialized reference book, it is not uncommon for common reprints to be misidentified as first editions.
Advanced Book Exchange (ABE) ABE has one of the Internet's largest inventories of old, used, and rare books for sale. There are about 10,000 book dealers listed, offering about 45 million books.
Alibris Another very large inventory. You deal with Alibris, not the individual book dealers. Over 35 million books listed.
Biblio Recent to the web and growing fast. Over 5 million books and 900 dealers.
Bibliofind The used and rare book service from Amazon.com.
eBay This well known auction site has many
Alger titles daily. Almost all Alger books listed as first editions are actually
reprints.
TomFolio
A cooperative site owned and operated by booksellers.
The following sites do book searches simultaneously in multiple data bases.
