# Ragged Dick — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr..

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the story to Joseph W. Allen, acknowledging his suggestion as the inspiration for the work.
- [Ragged Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/ragged-dick.md): The opening chapter introduces the reader to the street life of New York City and its bootblacks, focusing on the protagonist, Ragged Dick, a homeless but resourceful bootblack who sleeps in a box and earns his living by
- [I: Ragged Dick Is Introduced to the Reader](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/i-ragged-dick-is-introduced-to-the-reader.md): The reader is introduced to Ragged Dick, a young bootblack living in New York City. He wakes up in a wooden box, begins his day shining shoes, and demonstrates a mix of faults—smoking, gambling, and occasional tricks—alo
- [II: Johnny Nolan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/ii-johnny-nolan.md): After finishing his morning work, Dick treats his friend Johnny Nolan to breakfast and contrasts their work ethics. Johnny reveals he ran away from a farm job and fears the man who placed him there. Dick reflects on John
- [Dick Makes a Proposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/iii-dick-makes-a-proposition.md): Dick confronts a dishonest clerk who tries to keep a counterfeit bill, but with the help of the bill's owner, the clerk is exposed and fired. Later, Dick overhears a visitor, Frank Whitney, wishing for a guide to New Yor

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- [Dick's New Suit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/iv-dick-s-new-suit.md)
- [Chatham Street and Broadway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/v-chatham-street-and-broadway.md)
- [VI: Up Broadway to Madison Square](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/vi-up-broadway-to-madison-square.md)
- [VII: The Pocketbook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/vii-the-pocketbook.md)
- [Dick's Early History](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/viii-dick-s-early-history.md)
- [IX: A Scene in a Third Avenue Car](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/ix-a-scene-in-a-third-avenue-car.md)
- [X: Introduces a Victim of Misplaced Confidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/x-introduces-a-victim-of-misplaced-confidence.md)
- [Dick as a Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xi-dick-as-a-detective.md)
- [Dick Hires a Room on Mott Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xii-dick-hires-a-room-on-mott-street.md)
- [XIII: Micky Maguire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xiii-micky-maguire.md)
- [XIV: A Battle and a Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xiv-a-battle-and-a-victory.md)
- [Dick Secures a Tutor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xv-dick-secures-a-tutor.md)
- [XVI: The First Lesson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xvi-the-first-lesson.md)
- [Dick's First Appearance in Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xvii-dick-s-first-appearance-in-society.md)
- [XVIII: Micky Maguire’s Second Defeat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xviii-micky-maguire-s-second-defeat.md)
- [XIX: Fosdick Changes His Business](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xix-fosdick-changes-his-business.md)
- [Dick Loses His Bankbook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxi-dick-loses-his-bankbook.md)
- [XXII: Tracking the Thief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxii-tracking-the-thief.md)
- [XXIII: Travis Is Arrested](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxiii-travis-is-arrested.md)
- [Dick Receives a Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxiv-dick-receives-a-letter.md)
- [Dick Writes His First Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxv-dick-writes-his-first-letter.md)
- [An Exciting Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxvi-an-exciting-adventure.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxvii-conclusion.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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