pstrongA fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine emMcClure'sem and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm--as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in AmericastrongppThe president of the United States made headlines around the world when he publicly attacked the press, denouncing reporters who threatened his reputation as muckrakers and forces for evil. The year was 1906, the president was Theodore Roosevelt--and the publication that provoked his fury was emMcClure'sem magazine.brppOne of the most influential magazines in American history, emMcClure'sem drew over 400,000 readers and published the groundbreaking stories that defined the Gilded Age, including the investigation of Standard Oil that toppled the Rockefeller monopoly. Driving this revolutionary publication were two improbable newcomers united by single-minded ambition. S. S. McClure was an Irish immigrant, who, despite bouts of mania, overthrew his impoverishe