The Making of an American


Read by Lee Smalley

(3.7 stars; 3 reviews)

Jacob Riis was an esteemed reporter and documentary photographer in New York City. In his autobiography he movingly recounts his early life and unrelenting attempts at courtship in Denmark followed by his later experiences in the United States, first as a struggling itinerant immigrant and later as a journalist. He describes how he became a reporter and how his work in lower Manhattan’s teeming, squalid immigrant communities sparked his passion and activism for social reform. In his opening note he writes: “To those who have been asking if they are made-up stories, let me say here that they are not.”

NOTE: Elizabeth's letter (In Chapter 7) is read by Ann Boulais. – Lee Smalley (9 hr 59 min)

Chapters

The Meeting On The Long Bridge 43:51 Read by Lee Smalley
I Land In New York And Take A Hand In The Game 31:44 Read by Lee Smalley
I Go To War At Last, And Sow The Seed Of Future Campaigns 27:01 Read by Lee Smalley
Working And Wandering 31:56 Read by Lee Smalley
I Go Into Business, Headlong 32:44 Read by Lee Smalley
In Which I Become An Editor And Receive My First Love Letter 37:38 Read by Lee Smalley
Elizabeth Tells Her Story, Part 1 20:41 Read by Ann Boulais
Elizabeth Tells Her Story, Part 2 11:19 Read by Lee Smalley
Early Married Life; I Become An Advertising Bureau; On The "Tribune" 36:04 Read by Lee Smalley
Life In Mulberry Street 46:01 Read by Lee Smalley
My Dog Is Avenged 39:18 Read by Lee Smalley
The Bend Is Laid By The Heels 46:21 Read by Lee Smalley
I Become An Author And Resume My Interrupted Career As A Lecturer 37:19 Read by Lee Smalley
Roosevelt Comes—Mulberry Street's Golden Age 46:27 Read by Lee Smalley
I Try To Go To The War For The Third And Last Tlme 43:07 Read by Lee Smalley
When I Went Home To Mother 38:01 Read by Lee Smalley
The American Made 29:36 Read by Lee Smalley

Reviews


(5 stars)

Good heart felt story of man who never gave up. Excellent reading for sure.