The Making of an American
Gelesen von Lee Smalley
Jacob A. Riis
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Jacob Riis was an esteemed reporter and documentary photographer in New York City. In his autobiography he movingly recounts his early life and unrelenting attempts at courtship in Denmark followed by his later experiences in the United States, first as a struggling itinerant immigrant and later as a journalist. He describes how he became a reporter and how his work in lower Manhattan’s teeming, squalid immigrant communities sparked his passion and activism for social reform. In his opening note he writes: “To those who have been asking if they are made-up stories, let me say here that they are not.”
NOTE: Elizabeth's letter (In Chapter 7) is read by Ann Boulais. – Lee Smalley (9 hr 59 min)
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y baker
(5 Sterne)
Good heart felt story of man who never gave up. Excellent reading for sure.