How the Other Half Lives
- ISBN-10
- 034384642X
- ISBN-13
- 9780343846428
- Series
- How the Other Half Lives
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10-20
- Publisher
- Franklin Classics Trade Press
- Author
- Jacob a Riis
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