FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 25, 2012, New York City:
SPECIAL COLLEGIATE EDITION
The Other Half, How It Lives and Dies in New York
Bestselling author Lorenzo DomÃnguez publishes a new edition of Riis’ 1890 classic How the Other Half Lives. This special collegiate edition contains over 100 new endnotes that provide insight and context to students of history, American studies, photography, social studies, immigration, social welfare and journalism. Now available on iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Kindle and Kindle Fire.
ABOUT JABOB RIIS AND HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
“Jacob Riis is the true
Grandfather of Photojournalism,†proclaims bestselling author Lorenzo DomÃnguez. “Although film publicists have purported that Henri Cartier-Bresson deserves the title, he was not born until 1908, 18 years after Riis published
How the Other Half Lives, a best seller that helped establish photojournalism as a true profession.â€
Poetically detailing the lives of the impoverished of New York City's tenement slums at the end of the 19th century,
How the Other Half Lives not only brought Riis wide acclaim but also sparked vast social reform at the turn of the twentieth century. It was also one of the first books to use photographs instead of engraved illustrations, which were the standard for images in all forms of print at the time.
In addition to pioneering socio-documentary photography, Riis was also a notable muckraker, a leader of social reform at the advent of the Progressive Era and a personal friend of President Teddy Roosevelt, who wrote in his 1913 autobiography “my whole life was influenced by my long association with Jacob Riis, whom I am tempted to call
the best American I ever knew.â€
Also an award-winning New York City street photographer, DomÃnguez recently restored, edited and published a new edition of this American classic, which is now available for Kindles, iPads and most PCS and smartphones.
“I restored the text, illustrations and photographs of the original 1890 edition, and added the photographs that inspired the original engravings,†explains DomÃnguez. “Since this is required reading for young scholars across many disciplines— American studies, early American literature, 18[SUP]th[/SUP] Century history, photography, social studies, urban planning, public health and journalism—I supplemented Riis’s 22 original footnotes with 123 new endnotes with Internet hyperlinks to their original sources to provide invaluable insight and context to students.†The paperback version will be available in early 2012.
Specially priced for academic accessibility, the editor adds that this version was created as a public service for the millions of students, history buffs and photography enthusiasts who are interested in how one man and his art can sway public policy and inspire society to make a positive difference in the lives of millions.
ACCOLADES FOR HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
· The 50 Best Books for Journalism Students, bestcollegesonline.com
· 50 Greatest Works of Immigration Literature, Online Education Database.org
· 10 most important books to read to understand American history, quora.com
· Top Five Most Important Books in U.S. History, allegoryofhistory.blogspot.com
· Most important books of the 20th century, Vanity Fea
· The Shayne List of a Well-Read Person's Top 100 Books, bohemiem
WHERE TO BUY
Now available on iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Kindle and Kindle Fire at the following sites:
United States | United Kingdom | France | Germany | Italy | Spain |
Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.fr | Amazon.de | Amazon.it | Amazon.es |
CREDITS
Jacob A. Riis (Author and Photographer)
Lorenzo DomÃnguez
(Creator, Editor, Epilogue, Preface)
Enzo DomÃnguez (Editor)
Victor Perard (Illustrator)
W. T. Fitler (Illustrator)
Kenyon Cox (Illustrator)
Richard Hoe Lawrence (Photographer)
Henry G. Piffard (Photographer)
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 1812 KB
Publisher: Chelenzo Ink (10 Dec 2011)
ASIN: B006K7TYPO
Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Chelenzo Ink
ISBN-10: 147000447X
ISBN-13: 978-1470004477
Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pound
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
646.320.6553 lorenzo at 25Lessons - dot - com 25 Lessons