Ben, The Luggage Boy by Horatio Alger Jr. – 28.01.001.IMG_BUS.BenTheLuggageBoy.1867.LOC.PD.2007681656
American author Horatio Alger (1832–1899) wrote over one hundred books regaling “rags to riches” tales of self-made men. His writings promoted the “American Dream” and popularized the idea of the US as a meritocracy during the early years of the twentieth century.
