

Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America, (Hardcover)
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- Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America, (Hardcover)
- Author: Ecco Press
- ISBN: 9780062796646
- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Page Count: 384
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- Book formatHardcover
- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- GenreBiography & Memoirs
- Publication dateFebruary, 2020
- Pages384
- Reading levelGeneral/Trade
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FINALIST FOR THE SPERBER PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM - BIOGRAPHY
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--a cornerstone in the history of journalism--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. Through McClure's, they cemented investigative journalism's crucial role in democracy and 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 work of American history and 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.
- Gilded Age History: Go behind the scenes of the investigation that toppled the Rockefeller monopoly and provoked the fury of President Theodore Roosevelt.
- A Biography of Muckrakers: Discover the improbable partnership between S. S. McClure, an ambitious Irish immigrant, and Ida Tarbell, the notoriously fearless reporter who defied gender expectations.
- A Free Press in Democracy: Learn how McClure's cemented the crucial role of speaking truth to power and forever changed the landscape of American journalism.
- Landmark Literary History: Trace the magazine's meteoric rise and see how it introduced Americans to the iconic voices of Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America, (Hardcover)
- Author: Ecco Press
- ISBN: 9780062796646
- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Page Count: 384
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