Nibsy's Christmas - Couverture rigide

Riis, Jacob A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0836930738 ISBN 13 : 9780836930733

Editeur : Ayer Co Pub, 1901

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It was Christmas-eve over on the East Side. Darkness was closing in on a cold, hard day. The light that struggled through the frozen windows of the delicatessen store, and the saloon on the corner, fell upon men with empty dinner-pails who were hurrying homeward, their coats buttoned tightly, and heads bent against the steady blast from the river, as if they were butting their way down the street. The wind had forced the door of the saloon ajar, and was whistling through the crack; but in there it seemed to make no one afraid. Between roars of laughter, the clink of glasses and the rattle of dice on the hard-wood counter were heard out in the street. More than one of the passers-by who came within range was taken with an extra shiver in which the vision of wife and little ones waiting at home for his coming was snuffed out, as he dropped in to brace up. The lights were long out when the silent streets re-echoed his unsteady steps toward home, where the Christmas welcome had turned to dread.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. He helped with the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. As one of the first photographers to use flash, he is considered a pioneer in photography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ayer Co Pub
• Date d'édition: 1901
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0836930738
• ISBN 13: 9780836930733
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible