Editing Horatio Alger (section)

== Legacy ==
Since 1947, the [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]] has bestowed an annual award on "outstanding individuals in our society who have succeeded in the face of adversity" and scholarships "to encourage young people to pursue their dreams with determination and perseverance".<ref name="award">{{Cite journal |title=Horatio Alger Award |url=http://www.horatioalger.com/geninf/index.cfm#HoratioAlgerAward |publisher=The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans |access-date=2007-11-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018031350/http://www.horatioalger.com/geninf/index.cfm#HoratioAlgerAward |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In [[Maya Angelou]]'s 1969 autobiography, ''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'', she describes her childhood belief that he was "the greatest writer in the world" and envy that all his protagonists were boys.<ref>{{cite book | title=I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | last=Angelou | first=Maya | author-link=Maya Angelou | page=74 | publisher=Random House |year=1969}}</ref>

In 1982, to mark his 150th birthday, the [[Children's Aid Society]] held a celebration. Helen M. Gray, the executive director of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, presented a selection of Alger's books to Philip Coltoff, the Children's Aid Society executive director.<ref>{{cite news |first=Herbert |last=Mitgang |author-link=Herbert Mitgang |title=Alger's 150th Year Marked |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/14/nyregion/alger-s-150th-year-marked.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 14, 1982 |access-date=2015-03-04}}</ref>

A 1982 musical, ''[[Shine!]]'', was based on Alger's work, particularly ''Ragged Dick'' and ''Silas Snobden's Office Boy''.<ref name="playbill1">{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/62701.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105152841/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/62701.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |title=Musical of American Innocence, Shine!, Gets Cast Album |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=October 16, 2001 |work=[[Playbill]] |publisher=Playbill, Inc. |access-date=2009-02-02 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.shinethemusical.com/ Shine! The Horatio Alger Musical]</ref>

In 2015, many of Alger's books were published as illustrated paperbacks and ebooks under the title "Stories of Success" by Horatio Alger. In addition, Alger's books were offered as dramatic audiobooks by the same publisher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sumnerbooks.com/|title=Stories of Success|date=2015|publisher=Sumner Books|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010125/https://sumnerbooks.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>