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- catalog abstract ""Charles Edward Russell was a muckraking journalist who exposed the dark underside of America's class system at the turn of the twentieth century. The scandals he revealed through his indefatigable brand of investigative reporting led to some of the most important and largest reform efforts of the period. A Pulitzer Prize winner, author of twenty-seven books, and a founder of the NAACP, Russell has nonetheless faded from public view. In this fascinating biography, Robert Miraldi restores Russell to his rightful place in history, covering his early exposure to journalism as a boy in Iowa; his years as a prized editor for newspaper moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; and his evolution into a full-fledged muckraker, prolific author and magazine writer, reformer, poet, music aficionado, orator, Shakespeare scholar, and political candidate for the Socialist Party in its heyday."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12735225.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Charles Edward Russell was a muckraking journalist who exposed the dark underside of America's class system at the turn of the twentieth century. The scandals he revealed through his indefatigable brand of investigative reporting led to some of the most important and largest reform efforts of the period. A Pulitzer Prize winner, author of twenty-seven books, and a founder of the NAACP, Russell has nonetheless faded from public view.".
- catalog description "In this fascinating biography, Robert Miraldi restores Russell to his rightful place in history, covering his early exposure to journalism as a boy in Iowa; his years as a prized editor for newspaper moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; and his evolution into a full-fledged muckraker, prolific author and magazine writer, reformer, poet, music aficionado, orator, Shakespeare scholar, and political candidate for the Socialist Party in its heyday."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-321) and index.".
- catalog description "The Johnstown flood: "Almost impossible to describe" -- The pious and the powerful -- Haymarket square to Lizzie Borden -- Crusading against the bosses -- The best job at the world -- Hearst, yellow journalism, Chicago -- Exposing the world's greatest trust -- "Soldier for the common good" -- The shame of the world's richest church -- Evil prisons, race riots, justice denied -- Out from behind the pen -- Grappling with the octopus -- The dove becomes a hawk -- The amateur diplomat -- At war with his party-and Germany -- Propagandist in Russia -- New causes in the final years.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 328 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0312292929".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "070.92 B 21".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN4874.R76 M57 2003".
- catalog subject "Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Johnstown flood: "Almost impossible to describe" -- The pious and the powerful -- Haymarket square to Lizzie Borden -- Crusading against the bosses -- The best job at the world -- Hearst, yellow journalism, Chicago -- Exposing the world's greatest trust -- "Soldier for the common good" -- The shame of the world's richest church -- Evil prisons, race riots, justice denied -- Out from behind the pen -- Grappling with the octopus -- The dove becomes a hawk -- The amateur diplomat -- At war with his party-and Germany -- Propagandist in Russia -- New causes in the final years.".
- catalog title "The pen is mightier : the muckraking life of Charles Edward Russell / Robert Miraldi.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".