Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century

Engagingly written and thoroughly researched, this paperback edition of Stories That Changed America examines the work of 21 investigative journalists and public figures whose reformist writings changed America forever. Profiled here are such outspoken muckrakers as Upton Sinclair, whose The Jungle inspired the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; Lincoln Steffens, who uncovered corruption in both city and federal governments; and other notables such as Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan, Malcolm X, and Ralph Nader.