Fame and Fortune continues the story of Dick Hunter and the Ragged Dick series. Having saved the life of a wealthy man's son, Dick has a well-paying job and continues to work his way up in the world and. strives to bring his fellow street boys with him. Fame and Fortune is part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys working hard and achieving the American dream of wealth. The stories can be seen as tracing American cultural and social patterns.