El Paso’s Muckraker: The Life of Owen Payne White. By Garna L. Christian.

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El Paso’s Muckraker: The Life of Owen Payne White . By Garna L. Christian. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015. ix + 192 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.) Owen Payne White, an El Paso, Texas, native, gained notoriety in literary circles as a muckraker, journalist, poet, and western historian from the 1920s to the 1940s. He published his works in national publications such as Collier’s and the New York Times . Yet his reputation diminished over the years compared to other more commonly mentioned, nationally recognized muckrakers such as Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, Ray Stannard Baker, and Upton Sinclair. In El Paso’s Muckraker , Garna L. … schmelz{at}tarleton.edu