Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Jacob the Delver -- "I Am Glad I Was a Boy Then" -- 2. Homeless and Penniless -- Making Acquaintance with the Slums -- 3. Restless Energy -- Jacob Riis, City Editor -- 4. "He Was Always That Way" -- Help from Tammany Hall -- 5. "Hurrah!" -- City Toughs and Country Hoodlums -- 6. The "Boss Reporter" in Mulberry Street -- 7. Burrowing Deep in the Slums -- Fire at the "Dirty Spoon" -- 8. Poverty, Squalor, and Wretchedness -- Sweatshop Economics -- 9. How the Other Half Lives -- Four Stories of the Tenements -- Photo Essay: Riis as a Photographer -- 10. "I Have Read Your Book, and I Have Come to Help" -- A Friend to Children -- 11. "Decent and Cleanly Living" -- The Official Definition of "Dark" -- 12. "Never Had Man Better a Time Than I" -- The Sun in Stanton Street.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Presents a brief biography of reporter Jacob Riis, providing information on his early life, his education, and his career as a reporter, photographer, and social reformer.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914
Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Journalists-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography, Juvenile literature.
Photographers-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography, Juvenile literature.
Slums-- New York (State)-- New York-- History, Juvenile literature.
Social reformers-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography, Juvenile literature.
Tenement houses-- New York (State)-- New York-- History, Juvenile literature.
Journalists.
Photographers.
Slums.
Social conditions
Social reformers.
Tenement houses.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
New York (N.Y.), Social conditions, Juvenile literature.