Alger

The contention was that a sellout was taking place led by, of all people, Richard Nixon, who originally exposed Alger Hiss.
The End of the Illusion: America Finally Learns Its Limits|Jacob Heilbrunn|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I have always thought of Helen Gurley Brown as the female version of a Horatio Alger hero—the American dream of a self-made woman.
Helen Gurley Brown Was the Practical Goddess of Love to Ordinary Women|Gail Sheehy|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The candidate who is accused of instigating class warfare seems like she has stepped out of a Horatio Alger story.
Warren Takes Credit for Occupy Wall Street|Samuel P. Jacobs|October 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Jody Alger, 48, an unemployed casino waitress, guards her tunnel with a BB gun.
Can Celine Dion Save Vegas?|Tony Doukopil, Ramin Setoodeh|March 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST

In 1996, he was enshrined in the Horatio Alger Association.
Pizza Guy for President!|Bryan Curtis|January 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But in none of his stories did Alger ever portray a tougher background or give it a bigger skyrocket finish.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
The company marched away with great hopes, but spent almost the whole period of the war at Camp Alger, near Washington.
Historic Fredericksburg|John T. Goolrick
Alger's troopers soon rejoined me at Booneville, minus many hats, having returned by their original route.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete|General Philip Henry Sheridan
My effective strength in this fight was 827 all told, and Alger's command comprised ninety officers and men.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete|General Philip Henry Sheridan
One would hesitate to say that there is absolutely no use for books of the Henty and Alger type.
Literature in the Elementary School|Porter Lander MacClintock

British Dictionary definitions for Alger

Alger

/ (ˈældʒə) /

noun

Horatio. 1834–99, US author of adventure stories for boys, including Ragged Dick (1867)

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