Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - And Won!

by Emily Arnold McCully

Book Overview

Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success. Rejecting the term muckraker to describe her profession, she went on to achieve remarkable prominence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547290926
• ISBN13: 9780547290928
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.6" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher