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Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1889), a Harvard-educated teacher and minister, wrote "rags to riches" tales for Street and Smith publications. Alger penned more than one hundred stories about impoverished young men who, through hard work and perseverance, gained fame and fortune.
Another prominent Street and Smith author was Theodore Dreiser (Sister Carrie) who earned fifteen dollars a week to write articles for Ainslee's, the Magazine that Entertains. |