The Battle with the Slum
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1. Front matter2. JACOB A. RIIS3. PREFACE4. CONTENTS5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS6. CHAPTER I BATTLING AGAINST HEAVY ODDS7. CHAPTER II THE OUTWORKS OF THE SLUM TAKEN8. CHAPTER III THE DEVIL'S MONEY9. CHAPTER IV THE BLIGHT OF THE DOUBLE-DECKER10. CHAPTER V "DRUV INTO DECENCY"11. CHAPTER VI THE MILLS HOUSES12. CHAPTER VII PIETRO AND THE JEW13. CHAPTER VIII ON WHOM SHALL WE SHUT THE DOOR?14. CHAPTER IX THE GENESIS OF THE GANG15. CHAPTER X JIM16. CHAPTER XI LETTING IN THE LIGHT17. CHAPTER XII THE PASSING OF CAT ALLEY18. CHAPTER XIII JUSTICE TO THE BOY19. CHAPTER XIV THE BAND BEGINS TO PLAY20. CHAPTER XV "NEIGHBOR" THE PASSWORD21. CHAPTER XVI REFORM BY HUMANE TOUCH22. CHAPTER XVII THE UNNECESSARY STORY OF MRS. BEN WAH AND HER PARROT