Horatio Alger Jr. (1832 - 1899) was an American 19th-century writer, known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort.

His novel "Shifting for Himself" was published in 1875.

Horatio Alger Jr. (1832 - 1899) was an American 19th-century writer, known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort.