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Lincoln Steffens

Author : Justin Kaplan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476775591
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln Steffens written by Justin Kaplan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman brings alive the life and world of Lincoln Steffens, the original Muckraker and father of American investigative journalism. Early 20th century America was a nation in the throes of becoming a great industrial power, a land dominated by big business and beset by social struggle and political corruption. It was the era of Sinclair Lewis, Emma Goldman, William Randolph Hearst, and John Reed. It was a time of union busting, anarchism, and Tammany Hall. Lincoln Steffens—eternally curious, a worldwide celebrity, and a man of magnetic charm—was a towering figure at the center of this world. He was friends with everyone from Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson to Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce. As an editor at McClure’s magazine—along with Ida Tarbell he was one of the original muckrakers—he published articles that exposed the political and social corruption of the time. His book, Shame of the Cities, took on the corruption of local politics and his coverage of bad business practices on Wall Street helped lead to the creation of the Federal Reserve. Lincoln Steffens was truly a man of his season, and his life reflects his times: impetuous, vital, creative, striving. In telling the story of this outsized American figure, Justin Kaplan also tells the riveting tale of turn-of-the-century America.

The Shame of the Cities

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486147665
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Shame of the Cities written by Lincoln Steffens and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a hard look at the unprincipled lives of political bosses, police corruption, graft payments, and other political abuses of the time, the book set the style for future investigative reporting.

I Have Seen the Future

Author : Peter Hartshorn
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1582438072
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book I Have Seen the Future written by Peter Hartshorn and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens, an internationally known and respected political insider, went rogue to work for McClure's Magazine. Credited as the proverbial father of muckraking reporting, Steffens quickly rose to the top of McClure's team of investigative journalists, earning him the attention of many powerful politicians who utilized his knack for tireless probing to battle government corruption and greedy politicians. A mentor of Walter Lippmann, friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and advisor of Woodrow Wilson, Steffens is best known for bringing to light the Mexican Revolution, the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times, and the Versailles peace talks. Now, with print journalism and investigative reporters on the decline, Lincoln Steffens' biography serves as a necessary call to arms for the newspaper industry. Hartshorn's extensive research captures each detail of Steffens' life—from his private letters to friends to his long and colorful career—and delves into the ongoing internal struggle between his personal life and his overpowering devotion to the "cause."

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 926 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens written by Lincoln Steffens and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt

Author : Jeffrey S. Adler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674020081
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt written by Jeffrey S. Adler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1875 and 1920, Chicago's homicide rate more than quadrupled, making it the most violent major urban center in the United States--or, in the words of Lincoln Steffens, "first in violence, deepest in dirt." In many ways, however, Chicago became more orderly as it grew. Hundreds of thousands of newcomers poured into the city, yet levels of disorder fell and rates of drunkenness, brawling, and accidental death dropped. But if Chicagoans became less volatile and less impulsive, they also became more homicidal. Based on an analysis of nearly six thousand homicide cases, First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt examines the ways in which industrialization, immigration, poverty, ethnic and racial conflict, and powerful cultural forces reshaped city life and generated soaring levels of lethal violence. Drawing on suicide notes, deathbed declarations, courtroom testimony, and commutation petitions, Jeffrey Adler reveals the pressures fueling murders in turn-of-the-century Chicago. During this era Chicagoans confronted social and cultural pressures powerful enough to trigger surging levels of spouse killing and fatal robberies. Homicide shifted from the swaggering rituals of plebeian masculinity into family life and then into street life. From rage killers to the "Baby Bandit Quartet," Adler offers a dramatic portrait of Chicago during a period in which the characteristic elements of modern homicide in America emerged.

Moses in Red

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Moses in Red written by Lincoln Steffens and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Boy on Horseback

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boy on Horseback written by Lincoln Steffens and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities, and the Philosophy of Corruption and Reform

Author : H.G. Callaway
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 152754267X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities, and the Philosophy of Corruption and Reform written by H.G. Callaway and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a new scholarly edition of Lincoln Steffens’ classic, “muck-raking” account of Gilded Age corruption in America. It provides the broader political background, theoretical and historical context needed to better understand the social and political roots of corruption in general terms: the social and moral nature of corruption and reform. Steffens enjoyed the support of a multitude of journalists with first-hand knowledge of their localities. He interviewed and came to know political bosses, crusading district attorneys and indicted corruptionists spanning a cast of hundreds. He also benefited from the support of a large-scale, nationally prominent network of anti-corruption specialists and luminaries, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Steffens explored in detail the high Gilded Age corruption of New York City, Chicago, “corrupt and contented” Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Minneapolis. His work culminated in a well-documented record of Gilded Age corruption in the cities; and, with the addition of the editorial annotations, Chronology and Introduction of this edition, the reader is placed in a position to gain an overview and considerable insight into the general, moral and social-political phenomenon of corruption. This book will be of interest for students and professionals in political philosophy, political science, American history and American studies.

The World of Lincoln Steffens

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The World of Lincoln Steffens written by Lincoln Steffens and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles and fables, many out-of-print and some previously unpublished. Explanatory notes by the editor.

Muckrakers

Author : Ann Bausum
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426301377
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Muckrakers written by Ann Bausum and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how investigative reporting began with the muckrakers in the early 20th century.

Upbuilders

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Upbuilders written by Lincoln Steffens and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sangar, to Lincoln Steffens

Author : John Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Sangar, to Lincoln Steffens written by John Reed and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

Author : William L. Riordon
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486841936
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Plunkitt of Tammany Hall written by William L. Riordon and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the candid wit and wisdom of George Washington Plunkitt (1842-1924), a longtime New York City ward boss and Tammany Hall player. Plunkitt, a cynically honest practitioner of machine politics, reveals the secrets to the political success of Tammany Hall operatives, freely discussing his patronage-based appointments and exercise of power for personal gain.

McClure's Magazine and the Muckrakers

Author : Harold S. Wilson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400872308
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book McClure's Magazine and the Muckrakers written by Harold S. Wilson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McClure's was the leading muckraking journal among the many which flourished at the turn of the century. Both a literary and political magazine, It introduced exciting new writers to the American scene (Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, A. Conan Doyle) and fearlessly championed the important causes of the day (from betterment of conditions in the coal mines to antitrust measures). This is the story of McClure's lifespan, beginning in Ohio when Samuel McClure gathered around himself a talented group of editors and writers (among them Willa Cather. Frank Norris. Stephen Crane, O. Henry. Hamlin Garland) and continuing to the magazine's last days in New York City. The growing concern of the staff about American urban and commercial life led to such exposes as Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil and Lincoln Steffens' Shame of the Cities. McClure's was a channel for those determined to combat the ills of society, and one of the first voices of the emerging Progressive Party. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Year That Defined American Journalism

Author : W. Joseph Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135205051
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Year That Defined American Journalism written by W. Joseph Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Year that Defined American Journalism explores the succession of remarkable and decisive moments in American journalism during 1897 – a year of significant transition that helped redefine the profession and shape its modern contours. This defining year featured a momentous clash of paradigms pitting the activism of William Randolph Hearst's participatory 'journalism of action' against the detached, fact-based antithesis of activist journalism, as represented by Adolph Ochs of the New York Times, and an eccentric experiment in literary journalism pursued by Lincoln Steffens at the New York Commercial-Advertiser. Resolution of the three-sided clash of paradigms would take years and result ultimately in the ascendancy of the Times' counter-activist model, which remains the defining standard for mainstream American journalism. The Year That Defined American Journalism introduces the year-study methodology to mass communications research and enriches our understanding of a pivotal moment in media history.

The System

Author : Lincoln Steffens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990713739
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The System written by Lincoln Steffens and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "muckraker" Lincoln Steffens dug deep into business criminality and political corruption in a powerful series of articles written for McClure's magazine. Establishment newspapers and "System" politicians dismissed his work as just another example of the decrepit modern journalism that could never pass for genuine writing. But Steffens' dogged quest for truth and justice set the bar high for investigative journalists in print, television and the Internet who follow in his footsteps. This new collection from The Archive includes the author's detailed and dramatic pieces on the civic troubles in Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and New York. In addition, The System includes early pieces Steffens wrote on architecture and the newspaper business, three pen portraits of his friend Theodore Roosevelt, and eyewitness descriptions of the social turmoil in early Soviet Russia.

Citizen Reporters

Author : Stephanie Gorton
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062796666
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Citizen Reporters written by Stephanie Gorton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure’s and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm—as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America The president of the United States made headlines around the world when he publicly attacked the press, denouncing reporters who threatened his reputation as “muckrakers” and “forces for evil.” The year was 1906, the president was Theodore Roosevelt—and the publication that provoked his fury was McClure’s magazine. One of the most influential magazines in American history, McClure’s drew over 400,000 readers and published the groundbreaking stories that defined the Gilded Age, including the investigation of Standard Oil that toppled the Rockefeller monopoly. Driving this revolutionary publication were two improbable newcomers united by single-minded ambition. S. S. McClure was an Irish immigrant, who, despite bouts of mania, overthrew his impoverished upbringing and bent the New York media world to his will. His steadying hand and star reporter was Ida Tarbell, a woman who defied gender expectations and became a notoriously fearless journalist. The scrappy, bold McClure's group—Tarbell, McClure, and their reporters Ray Stannard Baker and Lincoln Steffens—cemented investigative journalism’s crucial role in democracy. From reporting on labor unrest and lynching, to their exposés of municipal corruption, their reporting brought their readers face to face with a nation mired in dysfunction. They also introduced Americans to the voices of Willa Cather, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, and many others. Tracing McClure’s from its meteoric rise to its spectacularly swift and dramatic combustion, Citizen Reporters is a thrillingly told, deeply researched biography of a powerhouse magazine that forever changed American life. It’s also a timely case study that demonstrates the crucial importance of journalists who are unafraid to speak truth to power.