xiv, 269 pp. Sky blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt and black decorations, top edge gilt, black-and-white frontispiece, plates, and illustrations by W.T. Benda. A nostalgic historical narrative by Danish-American social reformer and photojournalist Jacob A. Riis, author of the 1890 classic How the Other Half Lives, exploring community, traditions, and local history in his birthplace of Ribe, Denmark.
