The Danish Carpenter by Jacob Riis

Jacob Reese was the third of 13 children in his family. His father, Edward Rhys, was a school teacher and amateur writer. His mother, Carolina Reese, was a homemaker. Jacob's father valued Jacob's education very much. He often urged Jacob to read more, especially the works of Charles Dickens and James Fenimore Cooper.

When he was about eleven years old, with the help of his mother, he donated all his savings to the poor people living in his hometown of Ribe, but he asked those who suffered Help the poor people to clean the house diligently. The people who received his kind help were very grateful to him.

Jacob Reese's father wanted him to engage in a literary career, but Jacob chose to be a carpenter. When he was 16 years old, he fell in love with a girl named Elizabeth, but was opposed by his father. In the second half of the 19th century, Europe also faced drastic changes. In 1870, France declared war on Germany, and Denmark joined the French side. After Jacob learned that Denmark would participate in the war with Germany, he tried many times to enlist in the army, but was blocked from the battlefield time and time again. Jacob discovered that there were few jobs in his hometown of Ribe and was recruited by that man. After the girl he likes rejects him, Jacob decides to immigrate to the United States.