Features & Benefits
- Lincoln Steffens was a towering figure at the center of early 20th century America.
- He was friends with everyone from Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson to Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce.
- His book, Shame of the Cities, took on the corruption of local politics and his coverage of bad business practices on Wall Street helped lead to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
- In telling the story of this outsized American figure, Justin Kaplan also tells the riveting tale of turn-of-the-century America.