The Other Half: The Life of Jacob Riis and the World of Immigrant America by Tom Buk-Swienty

The Other Half: The Life of Jacob Riis and the World of Immigrant America

Tom Buk-Swienty

331 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective sad medium-paced
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Drawing on previously unexamined diaries and letters, The Other Half marvelously re-creates the moving story of Jacob Riis, the legendary Progressive reformer and muckraking photographer. Born in 1849 in rural Denmark, Riis immigrated to America i...

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