The pen is mightier: the muckraking life of Charles Edward Russell

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In this fascinating biography, Robert Miraldi restores Russell to his rightful place in history, covering his early exposure to journalism as a boy in Iowa; his years as a prized editor for newspaper moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; and his evolution into a full-fledged muckraker, prolific author and magazine writer, reformer, poet, music aficionado, orator, Shakespeare scholar, and political candidate for the Socialist Party in its heyday."--Jacket.;The Johnstown flood: "Almost impossible to describe" -- The pious and the powerful -- Haymarket square to Lizzie Borden -- Crusading against the bosses -- The best job at the world -- Hearst, yellow journalism, Chicago -- Exposing the world's greatest trust -- "Soldier for the common good" -- The shame of the world's richest church -- Evil prisons, race riots, justice denied -- Out from behind the pen -- Grappling with the octopus -- The dove becomes a hawk -- The amateur diplomat -- At war with his party-and Germany -- Propagandist in Russia -- New causes in the final years.