Hutchins Hapgood

Hutchins Hapgood
Hutchins Hapgood (1869–1944) was an American journalist, social critic, and author known for his explorations of urban life and radical social movements. His most famous work, "The Spirit of the Ghetto" (1902), offered an insightful portrayal of Jewish immigrant life in New York's Lower East Side. Hapgood's writing often blended journalism with social commentary, focusing on the lives of marginalized groups, including anarchists, immigrants, and laborers. He also wrote an unconventional autobiography, "A Victorian in the Modern World" (1933), reflecting on his personal experiences and social ideals.

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CHAPTER I School and Factory When I first met the heroine of this tale, Marie, she was twenty-three years old, yet had lived enough for a woman of more than twice her age; indeed, few women of any age ever acquire the amount of mental experience possessed by this factory hand and servant girl. She had more completely translated her life into terms of thought than any other woman of my acquaintance. She... more...

EARLY VOYAGES John Paul, known as Paul Jones, who sought restlessly for distinction all his life, was born the son of a peasant, in July, 1747, near the ocean on which he was to spend a large portion of his time. His father lived in Scotland, near the fishing hamlet of Arbigland, county of Kirkcudbright, on the north shore of Solway Firth, and made a living for the family of seven children by fishing... more...