The titular character befriends Frank, calling him a "brick," for giving him a new wardrobe.
At the beginning of this work, a character professes to have received his pants from Louis Napoleon and his coat from George Washington. The titular character befriends Frank, calling him a "brick," for giving him a new wardrobe. In one of the final chapters, the titular character rescues a boy who had fallen off the ferry, which leads to a new job and a new name, Richard Hunter. FTP, name this work by Horatio Alger about the titular young bootblack.
At the beginning of this work, a character professes to have received his pants from Louis Napoleon and his coat from George Washington.
Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks