TAKING ON THE TRUST: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller
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Ida Tarbell (1857-1944) was a champion of the middle class if ever
there was one in American history. The Pennsylvania native exposed
the dirty business practices of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard
Oil trust in her gutsy series for McClure’s magazine in
the early 1900s. This series led to the landmark
Supreme Court anti-trust decision in 1911 that
slapped around the oil baron like he had never
been slapped before. All thanks to Ida Tarbell. In
Taking on theTrust: The Epic Battle of IdaTarbell and
John D. Rockefeller, Steve Weinberg traces Tarbell’s
development as an investigative journalist as he
chronicles Rockefeller’s meteoric rise after the
Civil War. Her shocking discovery of
Rockefeller espionage and collusion—by
which he attempted to run all of his smaller
competitors out of business—is revealed.
Hardback, 304 pages, #TOT
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