Citizen reporters : S. S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the magazine that rewrote America / Stephanie Gorton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorton, Stephanie, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949.

McClure, S. S.

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944.

Tarbell, Ida M.

McClure's magazine.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

Periodicals--Publishing.

History.

United States.

Editors--United States--Biography.

Editors.

Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--19th century.

Periodicals.

Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Summary:

"A fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure's and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm--and a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Origins

1 A Country for Youth p. 7

2 Oildorado p. 17

3 A Garibaldi Type of Mind p. 31

4 Among the Furies p. 49

5 New York p. 61

6 "I Fall in Love" p. 79

Part II Rise

7 The Moving Spirit of the Time p. 93

8 The Uneasy Woman p. 113

9 Facts Properly Told p. 129

10 The Brilliant Mind p. 149

11 Gentleman Reporter p. 161

12 Big Game p. 177

13 You Have the Moon Yet, Ain't It? p. 187

14 The Cleveland Ogre p. 201

Part III Fall

15 The Shame of S. S. McClure p. 217

16 More Sinister and Painful p. 231

17 The Ear of the Public p. 241

18 A Momentous Decision p. 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-349) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gorton, Stephanie, 1984- Citizen reporters

ISBN:

9780062796646

006279664X

OCLC:

1101567159