Horatio Alger's story has a seamier side: "Thanks to later biographers, Alger’s life story has become clearer. He was the son of a minister in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and his early interest in writing led him to study classics at Harvard University. Later, following in his father’s footsteps, he became a minister. However, after he was accused of sexually abusing boys in his parish, he was forced out of the church. His father convinced church leaders to keep quiet and promised Alger would never work in the clergy again. Alger moved to New York City and began writing prolifically." (see The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal by George C. Kohn)
Horatio Alger's story has a seamier side: "Thanks to later biographers, Alger’s life story has become clearer. He was the son of a minister in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and his early interest in writing led him to study classics at Harvard University. Later, following in his father’s footsteps, he became a minister. However, after he was accused of sexually abusing boys in his parish, he was forced out of the church. His father convinced church leaders to keep quiet and promised Alger would never work in the clergy again. Alger moved to New York City and began writing prolifically." (see The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal by George C. Kohn)
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