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The Shame of the Cities [Hardcover]

Lincoln Steffens (Author)

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ISBN-10: 089190719X | ISBN-13: 978-0891907190 | Publication Date: June 1957

This muckraking classic attacked corrupt election practices and shady dealings in businesses and city governments across the nation. Taking a hard look at the unprincipled lives of political bosses, police corruption, graft payments, and other notorious political abuses of the time, the book set the style for future investigative reporting.

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Hardcover: 214 pages
Publisher: Amereon Ltd (June 1957)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 089190719X
ISBN-13: 978-0891907190
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,098,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Growing up in Sacramento, Steffens (1866-1936) was an editor at the New York Evening Post, and later at McClure's Magazine. As popular as he was cantankerous, he brushed shoulders with presidents and corporate barons, tsars and dictators.

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