Theodore Roosevelt

The Citizen

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Jacob A Riis

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"Of the President I am proud with reason, but the friend I love. And if I can make you see him so, as a friend and a man, I have given you the master-key to him as a statesman as well." --Jacob Riis, Theodore Roosevelt--The Citizen Theodore Roosevelt--The Citizen (1904) was written by Jacob Riis, a journalist and good friend of Roosevelt's. Riis explained that his book was not going to be a formal biography as most people knew Roosevelt already. Neither would it be about the meaning of Roosevelt's life as there were still many more years to come. This biography would be about Roosevelt, the man and friend of Riis'. It became a wonderful and personable biography. Roosevelt and Riis met after Roosevelt had heard about Riis's book How the Other Half Lives (1890), about the poverty in the slums of New York City. A few years later, when Roosevelt was New York Police Commissioner and Riis a police reporter, the two often worked together. Both passionate for reform and improvement of people's lives, they became good friends.

Author Biography:

JACOB A. RIIS (1849-1914) a Danish immigrant who arrived in New York in 1870 became a newspaper reporter and a social reformer. Having experienced poverty firsthand, he explored the social conditions of the New York poor in articles and books, such as in How the Other Half Lives and The Battle with the Slum. He was also a social documentary photographer, who became famous for his early adoption of flash in photography.

Release date NZ

July 8th, 2020

Author

Jacob A Riis

Pages

476

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

140x216x27

ISBN-13

9781646791866

Product ID

34234175

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