Stories That Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century

by Carl Jensen

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Exuberantly written, highly informative, Jensen's Stories That Changed America examines the work of twenty-one investigative writers, and how their efforts forever changed our country. Here are the pioneering muckrakers, like Upton Sinclair, author of the fact-based novel The Jungle, that inspired Theodore Roosevelt to sign the Pure Food and Drug Act into law; "Queen of the Muckrakers" Ida Mae Tarbell, whose McClure magazine expos s led to the dissolution...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:158322517X

ISBN13:9781583225172

Release Date:October 2002

Publisher:Seven Stories Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.88 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

20th Century Censorship Communication & Media Studies History Journalism & Nonfiction Language Arts Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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