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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914) was a Danish-American journalist, photographer, and social reformer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for "How the Other Half Lives," which documented poverty and slum conditions in New York City.

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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The Making of an American

A Ten Years' War: An Account of the Battle with the Slum in New York

Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half

The old town

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

Out of Mulberry Street: Stories of Tenement life in New York City

Nibsy's Christmas

Christmas Stories

The Children of the Poor

Is There a Santa Claus?

The Battle with the Slum

Children of the Tenements

Hero Tales of the Far North