Mcclure's was the leading muckraking journal among the many which flourished at the turn of the century. Both a literary and political magazine, it introduced exciting new writers to the american scene (rudyard kipling, robert louis stevenson, a. Conan doyle) and fearlessly championed the important causes of the day (from betterment of conditions in the coal mines to antitrust measures). This is the story of mcclure's lifespan, beginning in ohio when samuel mcclure gathered around himself a talented group of editors and writers (among them willa cather.
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