Title | : | Children of the Tenements |
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Author | : | Jacob Riis |
Release | : | 2014-04-01 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books, Classics |
Size | : | 1106450 |
Children of the Tenements Jacob Riis, danish american social reformer, muckraking journalist and social documentary photographer (1849-1914) This ebook presents «Children of the Tenements», from Jacob Riis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- PREFACE -03- CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS THE RENT BABY -04- A STORY OF BLEECKER STREET -05- THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING -06- THE SLIPPER-MAKER'S FAST -07- DEATH COMES TO CAT ALLEY -08- A PROPOSAL ON THE ELEVATED -09- LITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE -10- LOST CHILDREN -11- PAOLO'S AWAKENING -12- THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY -13- THE KID -14- WHEN THE LETTER CAME -15- THE CAT TOOK THE KOSHER MEAT -16- NIBSY'S CHRISTMAS -17- IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL -18- N****R MARTHA'S WAKE -19- WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS -20- MIDWINTER IN NEW YORK -21- A CHIP FROM THE MAELSTROM -22- SARAH JOYCE'S HUSBANDS -23- MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS -24- ABE'S GAME OF JACKS -25- A LITTLE PICTURE -26- A DREAM OF THE WOODS -27- HEROES WHO FIGHT FIRE -28- JOHN GAVIN, MISFIT -29- A HEATHEN BABY -30- THE CHRISTENING IN BOTTLE ALLEY -31- IN THE MULBERRY STREET COURT -32- DIFFICULTIES OF A DEACON -33- FIRE IN THE BARRACKS -34- WAR ON THE GOATS -35- HOW JIM WENT TO THE WAR -36- A BACKWOODS HERO -37- JACK'S SERMON -38- SKIPPY OF SCRABBLE ALLEY -39- MAKING A WAY OUT OF THE SLUM -40- FOOTNOTES |