Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936)
Autor(a) de The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
About the Author
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Obras de Lincoln Steffens
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, Volume Two: Muckraking/Revolution/Seeing America at Last (1958) 22 cópias
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, Volume I: A Boy on Horseback/Seeing New York First (1937) 21 cópias
The world of Lincoln Steffens 7 cópias
A Miserable, Merry Christmas 1 exemplar(es)
John Reed: Under the Kremlin 1 exemplar(es)
The autobiography of Lincoln Steffens"," Abridged 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Contribuinte — 93 cópias
Scoundrels & Scalawags: 51 Stories of the Most Fascinating Characters of Hoax and Fraud (1968) — Contribuinte — 53 cópias
Shaking the Foundations: 200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America (Nation Books) (2003) — Contribuinte — 45 cópias
Prize stories from Collier's, 5 volumes — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Steffens, Joseph Lincoln
- Data de nascimento
- 1866-04-06
- Data de falecimento
- 1936-08-09
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Carmel, California, USA
- Educação
- University of California
- Ocupação
- journalist
editor
lecturer - Relacionamentos
- Winter, Ella (wife)
Strong, Anna Louise (friend) - Organizações
- McClure's
The American Magazine
Membros
Resenhas
The Shame of the Cities (American Century Series) de Lincoln Steffens
If there was one book that compelled me to spend my life as an historian studying the Gilded Age and Progressive Era it is The Shame of Cities by muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens. Collected in book form, these essays were originally published as a series of articles in McClure's magazine investigating the corruption of American cities. It tells a sordid picture of politics that shocked many at the time and contributed to some significant reforms and improvements in government practices.
This is a long read (884 pages), but if you like reading books about muckrakers, New York City, or newspaper reporting, this book is for you. I skimmed the beginning about Steffens's childhood, but read page after page of his account of a reporter's life in New York City in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Steffens had the crime beat and was chummy with Teddy Roosevelt, one of the Police Commissioners during the Reform Movement. He later touches base with Governor Roosevelt and then President Roosevelt. Steffens travelled to a number of cities and investigated the political machines for graft and corruption. I'm tempted to acquire the other books he wrote as well.… (mais)
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