TCB Classics

A small press with a big heart! ™ 

We publish books about human survival in the face of terrible odds. TCB Classics™ is an imprint of TCB Research & Indexing LLC. Our books are in the Library of Congress and are suitable for general readers, libraries and classrooms. Available in hardcover, paperback, and electronic formats.

 

SORROW AND DISMAY: Illustrated Anti-War Poems of Captain Siegfried Sassoon

Deluxe Gift Edition (hardcoverand paperback

Sorrow and Dismay is an illustrated meditation on the horror and stupidity of the Great War. The selected poems are by Siegfried Sassoon, a British officer. Sassoon documented trench warfare in poems soaked with pain. He confronted the reader with details of tedium and battle on the Western Front. He wrote with sarcasm on the motives of people in power and the absurdity of romantic views of war. He was masterful in capturing the language of soldiers and wartime trauma. 

The images in this book complement Sassoon’s poems and are in sympathy with his anti-war views. 

The deluxe edition is printed on acid-free, archival paper. Includes 44 war poems, 24 illustrations (color and BW), Foreword, and Index of First Lines.  

Sassoon is one of sixteen World War I poets commemorated in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey.

PREVIEW the hardcover gift edition HERE, but BUY DIRECT from us. Our price is much more reasonable.  

BUY the affordable paperback HERE and from other online booksellers. Content is the same as in the deluxe gift edition.

 

SORROW AND DISMAY: Illustrated Anti-War Poems of Captain Siegfried Sassoon (ebook)

VIEW or BUY the illustrated ebook from KOBO, SCRIBD, FNAC, BOOKTOPIA, and more.

Includes 44 war poems, 24 illustrations (color and BW), Foreword, and Index of First Lines.  

Content is the same as in the hardcover, deluxe gift edition and paperback (see description above). 

 

 

 

 

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The Children of the Poor: A Child Welfare Classic

by Jacob Riis (Foreword by Tanja Bekhuis)

Special Illustrated Edition 

hardcover and paperback

 

TENEMENTS, SALOONS, AND STREETS—How did children survive the perils of New York City slums? When this book appeared in 1892, it shocked the privileged class. The evidence of misery and greed was undeniable.

The author, Jacob Riis, was a muckraker and social documentary photographer. His exposé includes stories of survival, child abuse and neglect, orphans and outcasts. He wrote about the sorrows and joys of the “ little toilers,” and gave a resolute account of child labor at the expense of an education.

The Children of the Poor is a companion to Riis’ bestseller How the Other Half Lives. His books inspired social reforms during the Progressive Era.

This special edition includes new content, optimized photos, and an in-depth subject index written by a social scientist. It will appeal to readers interested in child welfare, immigration, urbanization, and photojournalism.

Beautiful design, sturdy binding, acid-free paper, subject index.

Suitable for students, general readers, libraries, and museum gift stores.

Ebook available via major online distributors, including HOOPLA, AMAZON. and more.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was a Danish-American police reporter, newspaper journalist, photographer, and reformer. He wrote about the social and environmental effects of the urban slum and its challenges to survival.

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