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[Edward] He immediately
contacts his friend, Jacob Riis, who has become nationally
famous in recent years for writing an expose
of ills of urban life and tenement life called,
"How the Other Half Lives." And Roosevelt knows
that Riis got a lot of his material by prowling
the city after midnight
contacts his friend, Jacob Riis, who has become nationally
famous in recent years for writing an expose
of ills of urban life and tenement life called,
"How the Other Half Lives." And Roosevelt knows
that Riis got a lot of his material by prowling
the city after midnight
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- [Edward] He immediately
contacts his friend, Jacob Riis,
00:00:03.394 --> 00:00:05.354
who has become nationally
famous in recent years
00:00:05.044 --> 00:00:07.092
for writing an expose
of ills of urban life
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and tenement life called,
"How the Other Half Lives."
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And Roosevelt knows
that Riis got a lot
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of his material by prowling
the city after midnight.
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Movie Summary
Two-part series on U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt looking at his work as a progressive reformer as well as his contradictions such as being a passionate conservationist who also hunted animals.