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The Making of an American

Name: The Making of an American
Author: Jacob A. Riis

Jacob A. Riis

Read by Lee Smalley and Ann Boulais · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - The Meeting On The Long Bridge (43:50)
02 - I Land In New York And Take A Hand In The Game (31:43)
03 - I Go To War At Last, And Sow The Seed Of Future Campaigns (27:01)
04 - Working And Wandering (31:56)
05 - I Go Into Business, Headlong (32:44)
06 - In Which I Become An Editor And Receive My First Love Letter (37:37)
07 - Elizabeth Tells Her Story, Part 1 (20:40)
08 - Elizabeth Tells Her Story, Part 2 (11:19)
09 - Early Married Life; I Become An Advertising Bureau; On The "Tribune" (36:03)
10 - Life In Mulberry Street (46:01)
11 - My Dog Is Avenged (39:17)
12 - The Bend Is Laid By The Heels (46:21)
13 - I Become An Author And Resume My Interrupted Career As A Lecturer (37:19)
14 - Roosevelt Comes—Mulberry Street's Golden Age (46:27)
15 - I Try To Go To The War For The Third And Last Tlme (43:07)
16 - When I Went Home To Mother (38:00)
17 - The American Made (29:36)

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