Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography. Signed Copy and legendary personalities of the

and legendary personalities of the Chicago blues landscape

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Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography. Signed Copy and legendary personalities of theMacmillan, March 1902, 5th printing [first issued in November 1901]. [Autobiography of one of the pioneers of social documentary photography. Includes images from Riis' earlier book, How the Other Half Lives.] Summary: The Making of an American (1901) is the autobiography of Jacob Riis, the pioneering muckraking journalist and social reformer best known for his groundbreaking photographic expose of New York City tenements, How the Other Half Lives.