what book did jacob riis wrote?
How the other half lives
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 Louis Riel is a historical biography in comics by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown , published as a book in 2003 after serializion in 1999 – 2003 . The story deals with Métis rebel leader Louis Riel 's antagonistic relationship with the newly established Canadian government . It begins shortly before the 1869 Red River Rebellion , and ends with Riel 's 1885 hanging for high treason . The book explores Riel 's possible schizophrenia — he believed God had named him Prophet of the New World , destined to lead the Métis people to freedom . 

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 Similar to The Kite Runner , the manuscript had to be extensively revised ; Hosseini divulged that he ultimately wrote the book five times before it was complete . The novel 's anticipated release was first announced in October 2006 , when it was described as a story about " family , friendship , faith and the salvation to be found in love " . 

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 Wiesel was 16 when Buchenwald was liberated by the United States Army in April 1945 , too late for his father , who died after a beating while Wiesel lay silently on the bunk above for fear of being beaten too . He moved to Paris after the war and in 1954 completed an 862 @-@ page manuscript in Yiddish about his experiences , published in Argentina as the 245 @-@ page Un di velt hot geshvign ( " And the World Remained Silent " ) . The novelist François Mauriac helped him find a French publisher . Les Éditions de Minuit published 178 pages as La Nuit in 1958 , and in 1960 Hill & Wang in New York published a 116 @-@ page translation as Night . 

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 Wiesel 's New York agent , Georges Borchardt , encountered the same difficulty finding a publisher in the United States . In 1960 Arthur Wang of Hill & Wang in New York — who Wiesel writes " believed in literature as others believe in God " — paid a $ 100 pro @-@ forma advance and published that year a 116 @-@ page English translation by Stella Rodway as Night . The first 18 months saw 1 @,@ 046 copies sell at $ 3 each , and it took three years to sell the first print run of 3 @,@ 000 copies , but the book attracted interest from reviewers , leading to television interviews and meetings with literary figures like Saul Bellow . 

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 The author of four previous books and numerous articles for magazines , Weisman traveled to interview academics , scientists and other authorities . He used quotations from these interviews to explain the effects of the natural environment and to substantiate predictions . The book has been translated and published in many countries . It was successful in the U.S. , reaching # 6 on the New York Times Best Seller list and # 1 on the San Francisco Chronicle Best @-@ Sellers list in September 2007 . It ranked # 1 on Time and Entertainment Weekly 's top 10 non @-@ fiction books of 2007 . 
