Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens V2: Volume II: Muckraking/Revolution/Seeing America at Last

by Lincoln Steffens

Book Overview

One of America's greatest journalists, Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) not only reported on events but also took part in them. This story is also the portrait of an entire era. Index. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156093960
• ISBN13: 9780156093965
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A brilliant classic

This book holds the premier position in my book collection. It is a book that looks at how a man's environment and passion for life forces him to separate the right from the wrong, sometimes at personal peril. From the quintessential muckraker to one of the original socialists, Steffens was an independent thinker who shares his mistakes, his disappointments, and his fundamental beliefs in rich and passionate prose. Thought by many to be the greatest autobiography ever written this book, as well as his famous "Shame of the Cities", are considered two of the New York Times' greatest 100 books of the 20th century. And rightfully so. Don't expect dry historical narrative. Rather, be ready to be given insight into turn of the twentieth century life and to be inspired by a man's struggles while exposing and understanding truth and power in every form.