A KNIGHT ERRANT OF THE SEA
The Eighteenth Century broke upon a noisy family quarrel
in the north of Europe. Charles the Twelfth of
Sweden, the royal hotspur of all history, and Frederik
of Denma...
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Jacob August Riis (1849-1914), Danish-born American journalist and slum reformer, created new standards in civic responsibility regarding the poor and homeless in his reporting of New York City slum c...
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Jacob Riis was not one of America's bestknown newspapermen, but unlike most of them he claims a relatively prominent place in the country's social history. He was a leader in the reform movement that ...
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