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Lincoln Steffens: A Biography
by Kaplan, Justin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671215922
- ISBN 13
- 9780671215927
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by the author. First Edition, 1st printing, with full number row on the copyright page 10 to 1. Signed by Justin Kaplan on a page tipped in by Simon & Schuster. From the Kroch's & Brentano's First Edition Circle Club, with their bookmark laid in. NYT review of this book laid in, which caused a little offsetting to the ffep (the clipping is now in an archival acid-free bag), otherwise this book is clean and bright, with no creases, no tears, and no markings. Tear to the fold of the front flap of the dustjacket, with minor creases, otherwise it's also in excellent condition; clean and bright. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
Synopsis
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 SteffensâÈ'eternally curious, a worldwide celebrity, and a man of magnetic charmâÈ'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 McClureâÈçs magazineâÈ'along with Ida Tarbell he was one of the original muckrakersâÈ'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.
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- Bookseller
- rohebooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135696
- Title
- Lincoln Steffens: A Biography
- Author
- Kaplan, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671215922
- ISBN 13
- 9780671215927
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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