"A Ten Year War" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"Children of the Tenements" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"Hero Tales of the Far North" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"Out of Mulberry Street" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"The Battle with the Slum" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"The Children of the Poor" from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

"The Making of an American " from Jacob Riis. Danish American social reformer (1849-1914).

Jacob Riis, a police reporter and an immigrant himself, was intimately acquainted with the squalid living conditions in New Yorks tenements. He published this book to expose the reality of the quotidian life of New Yorks poorest in the 1880s. This edition is fully illustrated.