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The Other Half Life
The book " How the other half lives" was published in October 1890 and this book proved this quote true " Every thing that glitters is not gold ( Shakespeare)" Jacob Riis writer of this book showed the reality of New York and proved that life was not only rich and amazing in New York. He showed the other side of a picture which was unknown by most of the people lived in America.
In this book Jacob Riis wrote about the slum life in New York specially life of poor immigrants. He also showed their life style and their hardships with the help of his writing and photographs he took with his latest flash light camera. Every picture has its own story and feeling but some were so much heart broken. People did not had basic needs of life like food,
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