{"product_id":"2940015548686","title":"Ragged Dick","description":"Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horatio Alger, Jr. serialized in Student and Schoolmate in 1867, and released as a full length novel in May 1868 by A. K. Loring. It was the first volume in the six volume Ragged Dick Series, and became Alger's all-time bestseller. The tale follows a poor boot black's rise to middle class respectability in 19th-century New York City. It had a favorable reception. Student and Schoolmate reported their readers were delighted with the first installment and Putnam's Magazine thought boys would love the novel.","brand":"Philtre Libre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169953562864,"sku":"2940015548686","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015548686_p0.jpg?v=1763621077","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015548686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}