Opportunity and Horatio Alger: Mark Mason's Triumph - Paperback
Opportunity and Horatio Alger: Mark Mason's Triumph - Paperback
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by Wallace Boston (Introduction by), Wallace Boston (Editor), Horatio Alger (Author)
Horatio Alger created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night. Readers could identify with the challenges of self-education in a society where only a few had advantages. Mark Mason is one of the most appealing of the Alger success stories, a classic of Americana.
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Dr. Wallace Boston is President of the American Public University System, which includes American Military University and American Public University, and which has a student enrollment of over 120,000. A graduate of Duke, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and is a prominent spokesman for making education more accessible and open to all.
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