The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lincoln Steffens
- First Published: 1931
- Time of Work: 1866–1930
- Setting: Mexico, Russia, and the United States
- Principal Characters: Lincoln Steffens, S. S. McClure, Theodore Roosevelt, V. I. Lenin, Venustiano Carranza, Henry Ford
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: History, Self-discovery, Current events, Journalism or journalists, Memory, Politics, Art or artists
- Locales: United States, Mexico, Russia
Form and Content
By the time that he completed The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, this veteran journalist had nearly forty years of experience in writing for newspapers and magazines with wide public appeal. Steffens organized his autobiography in an uncomplicated and direct way in order to reach as many readers as possible. The book is divided into five parts that are, in turn, subdivided into compact chapters that emphasize action and character description. The text also reprints relevant portions of articles written by Steffens. There are several photographs of...
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