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Ida M. Tarbell : the woman who challenged big business-- and won! /

Tarbell was the catalyst for exposing the truth behind corruption and unfair business practices. She investigated and published works about the Standard Oil Trust for McClure's Magazine that informed the world of shady business dealings and skyrocketed her into the public eye. She wrote inspiri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCully, Emily Arnold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
Subjects:
Tarbell, Ida M. > (Ida Minerva), > 1857-1944 > Juvenile literature.
Journalists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Tarbell, Ida M. > (Ida Minerva), > 1857-1944.
Journalists.
Women > Biography.
Biography.
Juvenile works.
United States.
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Summary:Tarbell was the catalyst for exposing the truth behind corruption and unfair business practices. She investigated and published works about the Standard Oil Trust for McClure's Magazine that informed the world of shady business dealings and skyrocketed her into the public eye. She wrote inspiring and engaging biographies on public figures, her most notable on Abraham Lincoln. Although largely forgotten as the country forged into the 20th century, her writing of the truth lives on.
Physical Description:279 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
ISBN:9780547290928 (hardcover)
0547290926 (hardcover)