The Making of an American

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

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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 LAMMETTO 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
BRIDGECHAPTER 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
LECTURERCHAPTER 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 MADELIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Jacob A. Riis
Our Stork
The Meeting on the Long Bridge
Ribe, from the Castle Hill
The View the Stork got of the Old Town
The Domkirke
Within the Domkirke
Mother
The Deserted Quay
Downstream, where Ships sailed once
A Cobblestone-paved Alley
Father
My Childhood's Home
Down by her Garden, on the River Nibs
The Picture her Mother gave meBrady's Bend as I knew it
"I found the valley deserted and dead"
"The dead were much better company"
Lunching at Delmonico's
The Fight on the Police Station Steps
"There I set my traps"
Our Old Pastor
When I worked in the Buffalo Ship-yard
"One end of the town was burning while I was
canvassing the other"
"I went to hear Horace Greeley address an open-
air meeting"
"The wide world seemed suddenly a cold and far-
off place"
"Hard Times"
Brother Simmons (the Rev. Ichabod Simmons)
The Letter
Elizabeth's Mother
Elizabeth's Home—"The Castle"
Elizabeth as I found her again"I was face to face with my father"
Bringing the "Loved-up" Flowers
"Out into the open country, into the wide world,—
our life's journey had begun"
Mulberry Street
Tribune Police Bureau
"In which lay dying a French nobleman of proud
and ancient name"
Our Office—my Partner, Mr. Ensign, at the Desk, I
in the Corner
"About that interview, now," he drawled
"The carriage went on"
"The General said never a word"
Dr. Roger S. Tracy
General Ely Parker (Chief of the Six Nations)
The Lodging-room at the Leonard Street Police
Station
The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I
was robbed
The Yellow Newspapers' Contribution