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Jacob A. Riis

    3 maggio 1849 – 26 maggio 1914

    Jacob August Riis fu un giornalista americano il cui lavoro si concentrò sugli impoveriti di New York City. Le sue opere, modellate dalla sua precoce lettura di Dickens e J.F. Cooper in Danimarca, esibiscono abilità narrative affinate da scrittori anglofoni. L'approccio di Riis fu caratterizzato da un acuto senso per l'ingiustizia sociale e uno stile narrativo che portò alla luce le dure realtà delle comunità emarginate. Attraverso il suo giornalismo, mirò a promuovere l'empatia e a guidare il cambiamento sociale esponendo le vite di coloro che erano spesso trascurati.

    Jacob Riis
    The Making of an American
    Christmas Stories
    How the Other Half Lives
    • Christmas Stories

      in large print

      • 192pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Focusing on accessibility, this book is a reproduction of a historical work presented in large print, catering specifically to individuals with impaired vision. Published by Megali, a house dedicated to making historical texts more readable, it emphasizes the importance of inclusivity in literature.

      Christmas Stories2023
    • The Making of an American

      in large print

      • 380pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      This historical work is presented in large print by Megali, a publishing house dedicated to making literature accessible for individuals with impaired vision. The reproduction aims to preserve the original content while enhancing readability, ensuring that more readers can enjoy and engage with classic texts.

      The Making of an American2023
    • How the Other Half Lives

      Studies Among the Tenements of New York

      • 276pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      The belief that every man's experience ought to be worth something to the community from which he drew it, no matter what that experience may be, so long as it was gleaned along the line of some decent, honest work, made me begin this book. With the result before him, the reader can judge for himself now whether or not I was right. Right or wrong, the many and exacting duties of a newspaper man's life would hardly have allowed me to bring it to an end but for frequent friendly lifts given me by willing hands. To the President of the Board of Health, Mr. Charles G. Wilson, and to Chief Inspector Byrnes of the Police Force I am indebted for much kindness. The patient friendship of Dr. Roger S. Tracy, the Registrar of Vital Statistics, has done for me what I never could have done for myself; for I know nothing of tables, statistics and percentages, while there is nothing about them that he does not know. Most of all, I owe in this, as in all things else, to the womanly sympathy and the loving companionship of my dear wife, ever my chief helper, my wisest counsellor, and my gentlest critic. J. A. R.

      How the Other Half Lives2004
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