The Five Hundred Dollar Check

Horatio Alger, Jr. wrote more than a hundred books on the same theme: that honesty, cheerfulness, virtue, thrift, and hard work would be rewarded with success. While his plots and dialogue sometimes lacked creativity, he can be credited with helping to create an uniquely American philosophy of Strive and Succeed. Titles such as Sink or Swim, Shifting for Himself, and The Five Hundred Dollar Check convinced generations that they could triumph over their circumstances and become an Alger Hero. Imagine an old uncle of yours named Jacob Marlowe shows up on your doorstep in old tatty clothes wanting to stay with you for a few days. How would you receive him? You will be required to read this great story in order to find out how Jacob Marlowes' releatives reacted to just this situation. This book is written in the typical Alger style. Herbert is a poor boy who sets out, with the help of his great uncle, to clear his father's name of a crime he did not commit.