Theodore Roosevelt: The Citizen - Couverture souple

Riis, Jacob A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 164679186X ISBN 13 : 9781646791866

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2020

Synopsis

"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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 164679186X
• ISBN 13: 9781646791866
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 476
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