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The Children of the Poor

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Jacob A. Riis wrote this companion to his earlier How the Other Half Lives, and says in the preface that the two books are one. Set in New York, it reports facts about poor children: Italian slum families, the East Side, young workers, truants, and the homeless. Later chapters describe what was done for them, including the Fresh Air Fund, kindergartens, industrial schools and boys' clubs, and a register of children's charities ends it. Riis signed the preface in October 1892.

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Jacob A. Riis

Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) emigrated from Ribe, Denmark, to New York in 1870 and spent several years in poverty before finding work as a police reporter, first for the Tribune and later for the Evening Sun.

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About 6 hours
Pages
205
Language
English
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