The Plum Tree

By David Graham Phillips and E M (Edmund Marion) Ashe

Book Overview

In The Plum Tree Phillips rips away the fa ade and exposes politics as it really exists. David Graham Phillips (1867 - 1911) was an American journalist and novelist. Phillips was a reporter in Cincinnati before moving to New York to work for The Sun. Phillips developed a reputation as an investigative reporter. Phillips's novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences. He was considered a Progressive and a muckraker. His reputation eventually cost him his life. Phillips was murdered when his book The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig was published. A musician thought it had cast literary aspersions on his family. Although The Plum Tree is basically a romance it also is a political novel. Phillips unmasks politics in a way that is graphic and vivid. His skill as a journalist and his observations as a historian make this an intriguing book to read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438525338
• ISBN13: 9781438525334
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"