| Description |
517 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-504) and index. |
| Contents |
Boy on horseback -- To the Continent and back -- Making his mark -- Enter TR -- A new venture -- The White House beckons -- Muckraking sensation -- The shame of the cities -- The shame of the states -- Goodbye to all that -- "If you are not a socialist" -- Boston -- A death in the family -- Dynamite -- The White House again -- Fun on Fifth Avenue -- Revolutionary road -- To Russia -- Selling peace -- The Paris power game -- "I have seen the future" -- Peter -- Expatriate -- The future revisited -- Finally, a father -- Carmel charm -- Fame and fortune in the depression -- Left is right -- "I thought he was just my daddy". |
| Summary |
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the author, an internationally known and respected political insider, revolutionized the field of journalism with his stunning exposes for McClure's Magazine. Credited as the proverbial father of muckraking reporting, he quickly rose to the top of McClure's team of investigative journalists by using his knack for tireless probing to battle government and corporate corruption at the highest levels. |
| Subject |
Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936.
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1582436479 |
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9781582436470 |
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1582438072 (pbk.) |
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9781582438078 (pbk.) |
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