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Horatio Alger

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Horatio Alger - United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)

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Wills reminds us that for every one Horatio Alger "luck and pluck" entrepreneur, there were hundreds more who built off the hard work and enterprise of those who came before.

Boosters, Hustlers, and Speculators: Entrepreneurial Culture and the ... by Spellman, Susan V. / Journal of Social History

It does sort of blow a hole in the Horatio Alger myth, doesn't it?

Hail Yale, launch pad of political careers by Ferguson, Andrew / Los Angeles Business Journal

SOURCE: HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION ANNUAL YOUTH SURVEY

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