Author photo. 1904 photograph (LoC Prints and Photographs, LC-USZ62-5511)

1904 photograph (LoC Prints and Photographs, LC-USZ62-5511)

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 863 copies, 4 reviews
How the Other Half Lives (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) 78 copies
The Battle with the Slum 54 copies
The Making of an American 53 copies, 1 review
Jacob A. Riis: Photographer & Citizen (Photographer) 33 copies
Theodore Roosevelt, the citizen 25 copies
Children of the Tenements 12 copies
Is There a Santa Claus? 6 copies, 1 review
The Children of the Poor 6 copies
Jacob Riis revisited; poverty and the slum in another era 6 copies
Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half 4 copies
Nibsy's Christmas 4 copies
Out of Mulberry Street; Stories of Tenement Life in New York City • FREE… 4 copies
Socialreporter med kamera : Social reporter with camera 3 copies

Christmas stories 3 copies

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

Theodore Roosevelt, The Citizen 1 copy

Riverside Hospital New York City North Brother Island 1 copy

The Battle with the Slum 1 copy

How the Other Half Lives - Illustrated Edition: Studies Among the… 1 copy

Hero Tales of the Far North 1 copy

How The Other Half Lives 1 copy

The Old Town 1 copy

Making of an American. (Danish immigrants journalist & reformer of ten 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

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

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

How the Other Half Lives (Bedford Series in History & Culture) 1 copy

Den ¤gamle by 1 copy

The Battle with the Slum 1 copy

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Also by Jacob A. Riis

Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 209 copies, 3 reviews
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) 64 copies, 2 reviews
The old East Side, an anthology (Contributor) 25 copies

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