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Published: 20.03.2007.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Summaries, Notes '"The Making of an American" Autobiography of Jacob A.Riis ', 1.
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Summary of the setting
Ribe, Denmark; New York, The United States. 1900's.

Brief Plot Summary
Jacob Riis lives Ribe, Denmark. After his beloved rejects him he sets off to America to start a new life. Riis wanders around America without food, job, money or any friends. He lives like a slum for number of years, until he finds a job as a reporter in a newspaper and climbs up the ladder to become one of the most known photo-journalists and social reformers in the history of The United States.…

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