Children of the tenements /
by Jacob A. Riis ; with illustrations by C.M. Relyea and others.

Description

Main Author: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Related Names: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
Relyea, C. M. (Charles M.), 1863-1932
Language(s): English
Published: New York : Macmillan, 1903.
Subjects: Poverty
Fictional Works.
Short stories, American
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Short stories
Summary: The author draws on his experience as a police reporter and his observations of the real-life experiences of the people who lived in the tenements of New York City.
Note: "The stories ... in this volume ... were printed in ... the Evening sun. Some of them I published in the Century magazine, the Churchman, and other periodicals, and they were embodied in an earlier collection under the title 'Out of Mulberry Street'"--Pref.
Physical Description: ix, 387 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
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