false 2516295 1 <B>Social reformer Jacob Riis made it impossible for Americans to look the other way; now this inspiring biography restores his greatness.</B><BR><BR>Drawing on previously unexamined diaries and letters, <I>The Other Half</I> marvelously re-creates the moving story of Jacob Riis, the legendary Progressive reformer and muckraking photographer. Born in 1849 in rural Denmark, Riis immigrated to America in 1870 following a devastating romantic breakup. Penniless and starving, Riis stumbled into journalism, eventually becoming a charismatic police reporter for the <I>New York Tribune</I>, where he befriended Theodore Roosevelt and witnessed firsthand the appalling tenement conditions of late nineteenth-century New York. His resulting exposé, <I>How the Other Half Lives</I>, was the first major American muckraking book. It brought Americans in touch with their lost humanity, establishing a precedent for Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Jane Addams, and Upton Sinclair. Described by Roosevelt as "the ideal American," Riis died in 1914, mourned by millions, a celebrated hero. Tom Buk-Swienty's long-awaited biography, a superb evocation of the muckraking era, is a compelling work, designed with 55 haunting images from Riis's own photographic oeuvre. 55 illustrations. 2523690 25 8 2008 The Other Half: The Life of Jacob Riis and the World of Immigrant America total:6|4:4|3:2| 6 22 23 2 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 05:16:53 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 09:58:14 -0700 2009 In his very readable and fascinating biography Tom Buk-...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:19:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:20:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 07:18:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 07:18:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 09:06:42 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 09:06:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 10:05:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:05:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 11:21:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 11:21:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 13 22:37:39 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 22:37:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 15 19:16:20 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 19:16:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 04:57:39 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 04:57:39 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 05 06:36:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 06:37:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:24:16 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:24:50 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Dec 21 13:27:02 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 14:45:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:20:42 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 00:20:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 18:28:55 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 18:29:06 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 03 10:19:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 10:19:55 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 03 18:03:17 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 18:03:28 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 21 11:49:25 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 11:49:28 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 17 19:04:02 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 19:04:19 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 16 13:27:22 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:27:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 20:39:05 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 29 08:07:49 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 23 20:39:05 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2516295