Jacob A Riis
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"[A] commanding invitation to join the battle." — The Boston Times
How the Other Half Lives is a riveting account of life in New Yorks Lower East Side tenements of the last century written by one of the Progressive Eras preeminent reformers. Drawn from the authors long career as a police reporter and photographer, the book captures the stark realities of life for the destitute and represents one mans campaign to reform society
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Jacob Riis was familiar with poverty. He did his best to combat it in his hometown of Ribe, Denmark, and he experienced it when he immigrated to the United States in 1870. Jobs for immigrants were hard to get and keep, and Jacob often found himself penniless, sleeping on the streets or in filthy homeless shelters. When he became a journalist, Jacob couldn't stop seeing the poverty in the city around him. He began to photograph overcrowded tenement...
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