[Gutenberg 21583] • Children of the Tenements
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- Authors
- Riis, Jacob A.
- Tags
- american , tenement houses -- fiction , new york (n.y.) -- fiction , short stories
- Date
- 2018-06-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.27 MB
- Lang
- en
This is the collection of COLLECTED WORKS of American author Jacob A. Riis. The eBook contains seven books, with more than 150 illustrations.
Included Works:
1\. The Battle With The Slum
2\. The Children Of The Poor
3\. Children Of The Tenements
4\. Hero Tales Of The Far North
5\. Is There A Santa Claus?
6\. Neighbors: Life Stories Of The Other Half
7\. A Ten Years' War: An Account Of The Battle With The Slum In New York
Author: Jacob August Riis ( May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his very early adoption of flash in photography.