Jacob A. Riis

Broschiertes Buch

Christmas Stories

Beschreibung

Rediscovering the True Spirit of Christmas.Jacob A. Riis has collected over 13 short Christmas Stories for you to enjoy; stories to kindle your holiday spirit. He was focused on the true spirit of Christmas: generosity, kindness, and charity toward others. Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first. The Christmas spirit is ageless, timeless, loving, giving and generous. It can be no other. CONTENTS: THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? THE CROGANS' CHRISTMAS IN THE SNOWSHED THE OLD TOWN HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT THE SNOW BABIES' CHRISTMAS JACK'S SERMON MERRY CHRISTMAS IN THE TENEMENTS WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SUN SAW IN THE TENEMENTS NIBSY'S CHRISTMAS THE LITTLE DOLLAR'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY LITTLE WILL'S MESSAGE THE BURGOMASTER'S CHRISTMAS

Autor

Jacob August Riis (1849 - 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his very early adoption of flash in photography. While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people by exposing their living conditions to the middle and upper classes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alicia Editions
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 198g
• ISBN-13: 9782384550531
• ISBN-10: 2384550535
• Artikelnr.: 66397176