Herbert Raymond Mayes
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 274
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Mayes intended to write a reliable biography, but upon discovering that Alger's private papers had been destroyed, wrote a parody instead. Amazingly, it was accepted as authoritative for nearly half a century. See Scharnhorst, Gary, The lost life of Horatio Alger, Jr, p. x-xi. -- dm.