Children of the Tenements


Read by Judi Mason

(3.5 stars; 3 reviews)

This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He made human the faces of extreme poverty and did not limit his often-wrenching prose to children. He included old people and animals, and described diverse cultures. These stories evoke both laughter and tears. (9 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Preface 1:55 Read by Judi Mason
The Rent Baby 18:01 Read by Judi Mason
A Story of Bleeker Street 11:37 Read by Judi Mason
The Kid Hangs Up His Stocking 10:38 Read by Judi Mason
The Slipper-Maker's Fast 4:57 Read by Judi Mason
Death Comes to Cat Alley 5:44 Read by Judi Mason
A Proposal on the Elevated 8:10 Read by Judi Mason
Little Will's Message 17:15 Read by Judi Mason
Lost Children 14:55 Read by Judi Mason
Paolo's Awakening 22:30 Read by Judi Mason
The Little Dollar's Christmas Journey 21:28 Read by Judi Mason
The Kid 4:51 Read by Judi Mason
When the Letter Came 6:30 Read by Judi Mason
The Cat Took the Kosher Meat 5:54 Read by Judi Mason
Nibsy's Christmas 19:10 Read by Judi Mason
In the Children's Hospital 13:17 Read by Judi Mason
Nigger Martha's Wake 9:53 Read by Judi Mason
What the Christmas Sun Saw in the Tenements 25:03 Read by Judi Mason
Midwinter in New York 37:20 Read by Judi Mason
A Chip from the Maelstrom 5:34 Read by Judi Mason
Sarah Joyce's Husbands 4:12 Read by Judi Mason
Merry Christmas in the Tenements 1:07:23 Read by Judi Mason
Abe's Game of Jacks 5:36 Read by Judi Mason
A Little Picture 2:37 Read by Judi Mason
A Dream of the Woods 9:15 Read by Judi Mason
Twas 'Liza's Doings 18:56 Read by Judi Mason
Heroes Who Fight Fire 59:46 Read by Judi Mason
John Gavin, Misfit 7:20 Read by Judi Mason
A Heathen Baby 7:35 Read by Judi Mason
The Christening in Bottle Alley 7:35 Read by Judi Mason
In the Mulberry Street Court 4:03 Read by Judi Mason
Difficulties of a Deacon 11:34 Read by Judi Mason
Fire in the Barracks 3:57 Read by Judi Mason
War on the Goats 7:16 Read by Judi Mason
He Kept His Tryst 5:52 Read by Judi Mason
Rover's Last Fight 9:22 Read by Judi Mason
How Jim Went to the War 17:26 Read by Judi Mason
A Backwoods Hero 8:23 Read by Judi Mason
Jack's Sermon 13:48 Read by Judi Mason
Skippy of Scrabble Alley 10:50 Read by Judi Mason
Making a Way Out of the Slum 34:15 Read by Judi Mason