The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism

by Upton Sinclair

Book Overview

"The most important and most dangerous book I have ever written." -Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check (1919) In The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism (1919) Upton Sinclair sets out to expose the effects of "yellow journalism" and restrictions on the "free press." The book publicizes these issues with stories of lives damaged by bad press. It is remembered for the famous line, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164679835X
• ISBN13: 9781646798353
• Release Date: April 1905
• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"