Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography. Signed Copy Thomas Eakins of Amelia C

Thomas Eakins of Amelia C

and legendary personalities of the Chicago blues landscape

and often confrontational tableaus in front of his lens

and general views

Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography. Signed Copy Thomas Eakins of Amelia CMacmillan, March 1902, 5th printing [first issued in November 1901]. [Autobiography of one of the pioneers of social documentary photography. Includes images from Riis' earlier book, How the Other Half Lives.] Summary: The Making of an American (1901) is the autobiography of Jacob Riis, the pioneering muckraking journalist and social reformer best known for his groundbreaking photographic expose of New York City tenements, How the Other Half Lives.