Ambrose Bierce takes on the railroad : the journalist as muckraker and cynic
An account of the Californian journalist and wit Ambrose Bierce, and his struggle with the Central Pacific Railroad. The text looks at his early campaign in depth, via his acid journalism and the railroad's private and public reactions.
152 p. ill. 25 cm
9780275966966, 0275966968
1014638227
Introduction Bierce and His Biographers Muckrakers The Journalist The Railroad Argonaut and Wasp Early Years at the San Francisco Examiner The Funding Bill and Beyond Railroad Reactions Ministry of Light Bibliography Index