Opportunity and Horatio Alger: Mark Mason's Triumph - Paperback

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.

Author Biography

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.