The Making of an American by Jacob Riis on Free Audio Book Download

Jacob Riis was an esteemed reporter and documentary photographer in New York City. In his autobiography he movingly recounts his early life and unrelenting attempts at courtship in Denmark followed by his later experiences in the United States, first as a struggling itinerant immigrant and later as a journalist. He describes how he became a reporter and how his work in lower ManhattanвЂ™s teeming, squalid immigrant communities sparked his passion and activism for social reform. In his opening note he writes: вЂњTo those who have been asking if they are made-up stories, let me say here that they are not.вЂќ