«Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832 1899) was a prolific American author of the 19-th century. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. Alger best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.'Cast Upon The Breakers' is a book by Horatio Alger which was initaially published as a series in 1893. Like in many other Alger's books the central figure of this story is a poor boy. Rodney Ropes is an honest and hard-working boy who believes that one day he will be rich. Will he manage to do this? Read the book until the end and you will know!