Book Review: Muckraking
The Bedford Series in History and Culture: Muckraking. By Ellen F. Fitzpatrick. (Bedford Books of St. Martins Press, 1994.x, 132 pp. ISBN 0-312-08944-9)The Editor, Ellen F. Fitzpatrick is currently an associate professor of history at Harvard University. She has published many articles on women's history and social reform. Lincoln Steffens was one of the leading muckrakers. He wrote many articles exposing municipal corruption. Ida M. Tarbell wrote articles exposing Rockefeller. Ray Stannard Baker was involved in exposing railroad and financial corruption. These three journalists joined together to establish American Magazine. After three terms as mayor of Minneapolis, "Doc" Ames reformed. Corrupt he was indeed. He took all the honors, and left all the spoils for his followers, or reformed administration. Ames had new plans for the city of Minneapolis. He turned the city over to outlaws, who were directed by the police to profit for the Ames administration. "Doc" Ames chose his brother, Colonel Fred W. Ames as chief of his administration. Colonel Ames had once commanded a Minnesota regiment in the Philippines, where he was proved to be a coward under fire. Mayor Am
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Improvement Company, Producer's Union, Mayor Ames, Company Cleveland, John Snyder, Stannard Baker, Doc Ames, Fred Ames, West Baden, Irwin Gardner, south improvement, south improvement company, improvement company, mayor ames, fred ames, producer's union, petroleum producer's, atlantic western, petroleum producer's union, oil city, oil regions, disorderly houses, press 1994x 132, 1994x 132 pp, martins press 1994x,
Approximate Word count = 2036
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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