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National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: People: Assimilation and the Crucible of the City: Street Life in New York

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Excerpt from Horatio Alger's well-known novel, "Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York," that describes the values and attitudes needed to make it in the capitalistic, urban America of the late-nineteenth century.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)