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Ida Tarbell

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in Hatch Hollow, Pennsylvania, The United States

November 05, 1857

Died

January 06, 1944

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Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies. She is best-known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company, which was listed as No. 5 in a 1999 list by the New York Times of the top 100 works of 20th-century American journalism.[1] She became the first person to take on Standard Oil. She began her work on The Standard after her editors at McClure's Magazine called for a story on one of the trusts.

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	The History of the Standard Oil Company (Unexpurgated Edition) 3.92 avg rating — 258 ratings — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version by Ida Tarbell, David M. Chalmers (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Life of Abraham Lincoln 4.09 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1974 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Business of Being a Woman 3.55 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1912 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1975 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Standard Oil Company (1) by Ida Tarbell, Danny Schechter (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1904 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Knew Lincoln 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1907 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Napoleon Bonaparte 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McClure's Magazine December, 1895 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Standard Oil Company (2) by Ida Tarbell, Danny Schechter (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1904 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If it has taught us anything, it is that our present law-makers, as a body, are ignorant, corrupt and unprincipled; that the majority of them are, directly or indirectly, under the control of the very monopolies against whose acts we have been seeking relief. . ”
― Ida Tarbell, The History Of The Standard Oil Company

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“I have often found it difficult to explain myself to myself, and I do not often try.”
― Ida Tarbell

tags: biographers, enigma, explain, identity, journalist, mystery

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“A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.”
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