num_pages: 277
description: Mitford's brave look at the funeral business, her attack on the Famous Writers School, her war against a California university that insisted on fingerprinting her, and other examples of her assaults on chicanery are accompanied by her running commentary on the strategies of muckraking journalism
language: English
title: Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking
titlecomplete: Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking
genres: Biography, Essays, History, British Literature, Politics, Writing, Crime, American, Nonfiction, Journalism
ratings_count: 302
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf