How the Other Half Lives (Library of Essential Reading Series)

"How the Other Half Lives" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York at the end of the 19th century had to endure. Riis, who as an immigrant himself lived in these tenements on the lower east side of Manhattan, exposed the horrible conditions while working as a reporter for the New York Tribune. This book when first published in 1890 shed a much-needed light on the conditions of the poor. Presented here is a reproduction of that original 1890 edition with the numerous illustrations included in that volume.Riis, Jacob A. is the author of 'How the Other Half Lives (Library of Essential Reading Series)' with ISBN 9780760755891 and ISBN 0760755892.