Taking on the Trust: How Ida Tarbell Brought Down John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil - Softcover

Weinberg, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393335518 ISBN 13: 9780393335514

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009

Synopsis

“A demonstration that . . . the power of the press to expose corruption was not to be ignored.”―Paul E. Steiger, Wall Street Journal

Hailed by critics on its release, this fascinating dual biography looks at two extraordinary lives and the social history of the Progressive Era. Taking on the Trust is a grand achievement by a skilled scholar and proud defender of the ever-necessary act of political journalism.16 pages of illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

The author of six books, Steve Weinberg has been a longtime board member of the National Book Critics Circle and currently teaches investigative journalism at the University of Missouri Journalism School. He lives in Columbia, Missouri.

From AudioFile:

As John D. Rockefeller builds his fortune in the oil industry that eventually becomes Standard Oil, journalist Ida Tarbell, his nemesis, investigates his business tactics. Her goal is to bust the trust that controls Standard Oil and its various subsidiaries. Pam Ward narrates this history of the oil industry, paying careful attention to the details laid out in Weinberg's research. Ward's evenly paced narration elucidates each event, each twist of fate. Point by point, event by event, her no-nonsense performance invokes the tenacity of Rockefeller, who fights to keep his empire, and Tarbell, who is determined to bring competition into the marketplace. Ward effortlessly holds the listener's attention with her straightforward delivery of Weinberg's complex tapestry of history and biography. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0393335518
• ISBN 13: 9780393335514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338