{"product_id":"the-making-of-an-american-jacob-a-riis-9781646793082","title":"The Making of an American: Illustrated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it--but all that had gone before.\" --Jacob Riis, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of an American\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist Jacob Riis wrote his autobiography, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of an American\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1901, a personal story about his and America's past: his early life in Denmark, his struggles as an immigrant in the United States, and how he took advantage of the opportunities offered in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fascinating read for anyone interested in immigrant stories, the history of the United States and New York, and social reform at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob A. Riis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646793080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646793082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.19d","brand":"Jacob A. Riis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48995963044095,"sku":"9781646793082","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-an-american-jacob-a-riis-9781646793082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}