The Making of an American

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob A. Riis

    Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was born in Denmark and emigrated to the United States when he was 21.

  • The Making of an American
    By Jacob Riis

    " -Boston Herald "To say that the book is as interesting as a novel would be to belittle its powers of entertaining. Few novels could hold my attention as can this book.

  • The Making of an American
    By Jacob A. Riis

    Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer.

  • The Making of an American
    By Jacob A.

    This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob a 1849-1914 Riis

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob August Riis

    "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it....

  • The Making of an American: An Adaptation of Memorable Tales by Charles Sealsfield
    The Making of an American: An Adaptation of Memorable Tales by Charles Sealsfield
    By Ulrich Steindorff Carrington, Charles Sealsfield

    The Making of an American: An Adaptation of Memorable Tales by Charles Sealsfield

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob A. Riis

    The Making of an American

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob August Riis

    The Making of an American

  • The Making of an American: The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and OSS Officer
    The Making of an American: The Autobiography of a Hungarian Immigrant, Appalachian Entrepreneur, and OSS Officer
    By Martin Himler

    Mátraverebély -- America -- Investment in America -- I became an American -- Cleveland, Ohio -- Again in coal mine -- Riding the rods -- Romance -- In the show business -- I become a newspaperman -- On the road again -- With mother -- I ...

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob August Riis

    The Making of an American is Jacob Riis' autobiography. When it was first published in 1901, the book was incredibly popular. The book tells of Riis' rise from impoverished immigrant...

  • The Making of an American
    The Making of an American
    By Jacob August Riis

    In all of which I have made no account of a factor which is at the bottom of half our troubles with our immigrant population, so far as they are...