The Making of an American [Paperback]

Jacob A. Riis (Author)

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Publication Date: February 1, 2007

In all of which I have made no account of a factor which is at the bottom of half our troubles with our immigrant population, so far as they are not of our own making: the loss of reckoning that follows uprooting; the cutting loose from all sense of responsibility, with the old standards gone, that makes the politician's job so profitable in our large cities, and that of the patriot and the housekeeper so wearisome. We all know the process. The immigrant has no patent on it. It afflicts the native, too, when he goes to a town where he is not known.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Echo Library (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406839086
• ISBN-13: 978-1406839081
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,864,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome story of romance and patriotism, July 19, 1998

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This review is from: Making of an American (Hardcover)

This book is worth the wait it takes to find it. It not only tells Riis's story of his battle with the slums, but it is also the story of a simple man's journey to America and how he fell in love with her. Intertwined is a love story that if not for history would be quite unbelievable in its romance and ending. The book shows what the faith of one man can accomplish in our world when that faith is put into action. This is a heart-warming and positive book that should be reprinted.