Jacob a Riis

"Of the President I am proud with reason, but the friend I love. And if I can make you see him so, as a friend and a man, I have given you the master-key to him as a statesman as well." --Jacob Riis, Theodore Roosevelt--The CitizenTheodore Roosevelt--The Citizen (1904) was written by Jacob Riis, a journalist and good friend of Roosevelt's. Riis explained that his book was not going to be a formal biography as most people knew Roosevelt already. Neither would it be about the meaning of Roosevelt's life as there were still many more years to come. This biography would be about Roosevelt, the man and friend of Riis'. It became a wonderful and personable biography.Roosevelt and Riis met after Roosevelt had heard about Riis's book How the Other Half Lives (1890), about the poverty in the slums of New York City. A few years later, when Roosevelt was New York Police Commissioner and Riis a police reporter, the two often worked together. Both passionate for reform and improvement of people's lives, they became good friends.

Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his very early adoption of flash in photography.

Ce livre classique a t initialement publi il y a des d cennies sous le titre "The Making of an American" . Il a maintenant t traduit par Writat en langue fran aise pour leurs lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionn s par la pr servation du patrimoine litt raire du pass . Nous avons traduit ce livre en fran ais afin que les g n rations pr sentes et futures puissent le lire et le conserver.

Dieses klassische Buch wurde urspr nglich vor Jahrzehnten ver ffentlicht als "The Making of an American" . Es wurde jetzt von Writat f r seine deutschsprachigen Leser ins Deutsche bersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen Erbes der Vergangenheit sehr am Herzen. Wir haben dieses Buch ins Deutsche bersetzt, damit es heutige und zuk nftige Generationen lesen und bewahren k nnen.

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Rediscovering the True Spirit of Christmas.Jacob A. Riis has collected over 13 short Christmas Stories for you to enjoy; stories to kindle your holiday spirit. He was focused on the true spirit of Christmas: generosity, kindness, and charity toward others. Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first. The Christmas spirit is ageless, timeless, loving, giving and generous. It can be no other.CONTENTS: THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?THE CROGANS' CHRISTMAS IN THE SNOWSHED THE OLD TOWN HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT THE SNOW BABIES' CHRISTMASJACK'S SERMONMERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTSNIBSY'S CHRISTMASTHE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEYLITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE THE BURGOMASTER'S CHRISTMAS