The Battle with the Slum
The Battle with the Slum
The Battle with the Slum
The Battle with the Slum
The Battle with the Slum
The Battle with the Slum
The Battle with the Slum

The Battle with the Slum

Regular price $ 150.00
xi, 465 pp. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, photographic frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt, photographic illustrations and plates throughout, black-and-white plate from an illustration by Thomas Fogarty. A sequel to How the Other Half Lives. "Splendid sequel to author's classic, How the Other Half Lives. Compelling real-life tales, accompanied by rare photographs and engravings, report on the status of living conditions among New York City's poor and exploited, including successful efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and the removal from power of Boss Tweed and the Tammany organization."