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Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914)

Author of How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York

Includes the names: Jacob Riis, Jacob Riis, Jacob A. Riis

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Works by Jacob A. Riis

How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York 1,037 copies, 4 reviews
The Making of an American 63 copies, 1 review
The Battle with the Slum 62 copies
Jacob Riis (55) (Photographer) 48 copies, 1 review
Jacob A. Riis: Photographer & Citizen (Photographer) 37 copies, 1 review
Theodore Roosevelt, the citizen 26 copies
Children of the Tenements 13 copies
Jacob Riis revisited; poverty and the slum in another era 9 copies
Is There a Santa Claus? 7 copies, 2 reviews
The Children of the Poor 6 copies
Out of Mulberry Street: Stories of Tenement Life in New York City 5 copies
The Old Town 4 copies
Nibsy's Christmas 4 copies
Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half 4 copies

Socialreporter med kamera : Social reporter with camera 3 copies

Christmas stories 3 copies

Hero Tales of the Far North 3 copies

A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2 copies

Nibsy's Christmas (Feathers Classics) 1 copy

Riverside Hospital New York City North Brother Island 1 copy

Poverty and tenement life in New York City, ca. 1890 1 copy

How the Other Half Lives & Muckraking & Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt &… 1 copy

The peril and preservation of the home: Being the William L. Bull lectures… 1 copy

Jacob A. Riis : Beginn einer sozialkritischen Fotografie in den USA, mit… 1 copy

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Also by Jacob A. Riis

Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 218 copies, 3 reviews
Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-lynching Campaign of Ida B.… (Contributor) 161 copies, 1 review
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (Contributor) 66 copies
The newsboys' lodging-house, or, The confessions of William James (Cover artist, some editions) 66 copies, 2 reviews
The old East Side, an anthology (Contributor) 32 copies

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