A Ten Year War: An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York
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A TEN YEARS' WAR
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE WITH THE SLUM IN NEW YORK
AUTHOR OF "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES"
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1900
COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY JACOB A. RIIS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO THE FAINT-HEARTED AND THOSE OF LITTLE FAITH THIS VOLUME IS REPROACHFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR
COLONEL GEORGE E. WARING, JR.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A TEN YEARS' WAR
I
THE BATTLE WITH THE SLUM
POLICE STATION LODGING ROOM ON EAST SIDE
II
THE TENEMENT HOUSE BLIGHT
III
THE TENEMENT: CURING ITS BLIGHT
THE MOTT STREET BARRACKS
ALFRED CORNING CLARK BUILDINGS Model Tenements of City and Suburban Homes Co.
EVENING IN ONE OF THE COURTS IN MILLS HOUSE No. 1
IV
THE TENANT
BONE ALLEY
V
THE GENESIS OF THE GANG
VI
LETTING IN THE LIGHT
MULBERRY BEND PARK
VII
JUSTICE FOR THE BOY
LETTER H PLAN OF PUBLIC SCHOOL No. 165 Showing Front on West 109th Street
PLAYGROUND ON ROOF OF NEW EAST BROADWAY SCHOOLHOUSE Area 8,348 square feet
VIII
REFORM BY HUMANE TOUCH
A TAMMANY-SWEPT EAST SIDE STREET, BEFORE WARING (See picture facing page 248)
THE SAME EAST SIDE STREET WHEN COLONEL WARING WIELDED THE BROOM (See picture facing page 242)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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