Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller [1st PRINT/SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED]

Weinberg, Steve

ISBN 10: 0393049353 / ISBN 13: 9780393049350

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

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Norton (and Weinberg spoke highly of Norton as the last of the independent publishing houses--it is owned by the workers); (2008). Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Jacket Condition: As New. Stated "First Edition", with complete number line starting at "1". 9-1/2" tall, 304 numbered pages includes "Bibliographic Essay", "Bibliography", "Acknowledgements" & "Index"; light tan spotted boards with medium tan quarter binding, silver lettering on spine only; plain ivory end pages. Book is square, binding spotlessly clean, hinges tight; no corner bumps or edge dings; head and heel of spine very slightly creased; boards are slightly misaligned (front board extends 1-2 mm beyond the fore edge whereas the rear board extends 5-6 mm beyond). The interior is pristine: it is perfectly clean and free of writing (other than the author s), stray marks, stains or discolorations of any sort or paper damage of any type; paper is very lightly toned, very flexible and not at all brittle. Jacket has virtually no wear; no tears, chips or fading; no scratches or scrapes; several pencil-point-size smudges on rear panel, one on front top, otherwise clean; publisher's original price "U. S. A. $25.95" in corner of front flap; no tears, chips, or fading. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed & inscribed ("To Rick, / Avid reader; I hope you enjoy / this saga. / Steve Weinberg / April 2008") by the author in black ball point pen, on title page beneath his printed name; done in my presence at Saint Louis County (Missouri) Library headquarters on March 23, 2008, after 7 PM talk about this book, a short reading from it, and question & answer session. The book's publication date was March 17, 2008. Seller Inventory # BMR-2021-2-24-5

Bibliographic Details

Title: Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida ...

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

How a female investigative journalist brought down the world’s greatest tycoon and broke up the Standard Oil monopoly.

Long before the rise of mega-corporations like Wal-Mart and Microsoft, Standard Oil controlled the oil industry with a monopolistic force unprecedented in American business history. Undaunted by the ruthless power of its owner, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), a fearless and ambitious reporter named Ida Minerva Tarbell (1857–1944) confronted the company known simply as “The Trust.” Through her peerless fact gathering and devastating prose, Tarbell, a muckraking reporter at McClure’s magazine, pioneered the new practice of investigative journalism. Her shocking discoveries about Standard Oil and Rockefeller led, inexorably, to a dramatic confrontation during the opening decade of the twentieth century that culminated in the landmark 1911 Supreme Court antitrust decision breaking up the monopolies and forever altering the landscape of modern American industry. Based on extensive research in the Tarbell and Rockefeller archives, Taking on the Trust is a vivid and dramatic history of the Progressive Era with powerful resonance for the first decades of the twenty-first century.

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.