EBOOK, THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN ***
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[Illustration: Jacob A. Riis]
THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN
BY JACOB A. RIIS
AUTHOR OF "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES," "A TEN YEARS' WAR," "OUT OF
MULBERRY STREET," ETC.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
To LAMMET
TO THE READER
The papers which form this autobiography were originally published
in _The Outlook_, the chapter telling of my going "home to mother"
in _The Churchman_, and parts of one or two others in _The Century
Magazine_. To those who have been asking if they are made-up stories,
let me say here that they are not. And I am mighty glad they are
not. I would not have missed being in it all for anything.
J. A. R.
RICHMOND HILL, N.Y., October, 1901.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE MEETING ON THE LONG BRIDGE
CHAPTER II
I LAND IN NEW YORK AND TAKE A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER III
I GO TO WAR AT LAST, AND SOW THE SEED OF FUTURE CAMPAIGNS
CHAPTER IV
WORKING AND WANDERING
CHAPTER V
I GO INTO BUSINESS, HEADLONG
CHAPTER VI
IN WHICH I BECOME AN EDITOR AND RECEIVE MY FlRST LOVE LETTER
CHAPTER VII
ELIZABETH TELLS HER STORY
CHAPTER VIII
EARLY MARRIED LIFE; I BECOME AN ADVERTISING BUREAU; ON THE "TRIBUNE"
CHAPTER IX
LIFE IN MULBERRY STREET
CHAPTER X
MY DOG IS AVENGED
CHAPTER XI
THE BEND IS LAID BY THE HEELS
CHAPTER XII
I BECOME AN AUTHOR AND RESUME MY INTERRUPTED CAREER AS A LECTURER
CHAPTER XIII
ROOSEVELT COMES--MULBERRY STREET'S GOLDEN AGE
CHAPTER XIV
I TRY TO GO TO THE WAR FOR THE THIRD AND LAST TlME
CHAPTER XV
WHEN I WENT HOME TO MOTHER
CHAPTER XVI
THE AMERICAN MADE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Jacob A.
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