# Ragged Dick — Character guide

> Key figures in Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr..

- [Ragged Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ragged_dick.md): Dick earns his living shining shoes on Broadway, sleeping in cheap lodgings, and spending his spare change on theaters and oyster stews. When a wealthy stranger's son and a homeless, educated boy cross his path, he begin
- [Henry Fosdick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/henry_fosdick.md): Fosdick has the education of a gentleman's son but the prospects of a street boy, and fifty failed job applications have worn his confidence thin. Dick's cheerfulness keeps him from despair, while his own grammar and man
- [Frank Whitney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/frank_whitney.md): Frank is the nephew of a wealthy man, accustomed to the Fifth Avenue Hotel and fine company, yet he never sneers at Dick's rough speech or ragged coat. He listens to Dick's confessions about lost wages and gambling, then
- [Jim Travis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/jim_travis.md): Known on the street as Limpy Jim, he wins five dollars off Dick in a rigged game and refuses him even a nickel for a night's lodging. Later he reappears in more respectable clothes, using charm and nerve to get close to 
- [Johnny Nolan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/johnny_nolan.md): A lazy bootblack and Dick's former acquaintance.
- [Micky Maguire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/micky_maguire.md): Micky rules the roughest corner of the city through intimidation, and he has already been sent to the Island more than once for stealing. He nurses a grudge against Dick for outshining him and against Fosdick for taking 
- [Tom Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/tom_wilkins.md): A friend of Dick's from the streets.
- [Mr. Whitney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/mr_whitney.md): Frank Whitney's father, a kind gentleman who helps Dick.
- [Mr. Greyson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/mr_greyson.md): Mr. Greyson is rich enough to dine with the Mayor, yet he treats Dick and Fosdick as guests rather than curiosities, putting them at ease in his elegant home. His daughter Ida's chatter flusters Dick into saying 'bully' 
- [Mrs. Mooney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/mrs_mooney.md): Dick's landlady on Mott Street.
- [Ida Greyson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ida_greyson.md): Mr. Greyson's young daughter, whom Dick rescues from danger.
- [Roswell Crawford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/roswell_crawford.md): A snobbish boy who looks down on Dick.
- [Limpy Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/limpy_jim.md): A lame street boy and friend of Dick.
- [Mr. Rockwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/mr_rockwell.md): A wealthy merchant who gives Dick a job.
- [Tom Miles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/tom_miles.md): A bootblack and acquaintance of Dick.
- [Mr. Henderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/mr_henderson.md): A clerk who helps Dick with his bank account.
- [Bridget](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/bridget.md): Mrs. Mooney's servant girl.
- [Mr. Taylor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/mr_taylor.md): A teacher at the night school Dick attends.
- [Ezekiel Munroe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ezekiel_munroe.md): A country boy who visits New York and meets Dick.
- [Ephraim Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ephraim_smith.md): A country man who hires Dick to guide him.

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