Chief (eBook)

The Life of William Randolph Hearst

David Nasaw (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
704 Seiten
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Verlag)
978-0-547-52472-6 (ISBN)

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Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Business Week, and GQ, THE CHIEF: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST is 'an absorbing and ingeniously organized biography . . . of the most powerful publisher America has ever known' (New York Times Book Review). Drawing on papers and interviews that were previously unavailable, as well as on newly released documentation of interactions with such figures as Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, every president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt, and movie giants Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg, David Nasaw completes the picture of this colossal American 'engagingly, lucidly and fair-mindedly' (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.).

'Outstandingly researched, elegantly but not flamboyantly written, and fair in its conclusions about Hearst's astonishing career' (Wall Street Journal), THE CHIEF 'must be regarded as the definitive study . . . It's hard to imagine a more complete rendering of Hearst's life' (Business Week).

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The definitive and "e;utterly absorbing"e; biography of America's first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Vanity Fair). William Randolph Hearst, known to his staff as the Chief, was a brilliant business strategist and a man of prodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and thirteen magazines. He quickly learned how to use this media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power. The son of a gold miner, Hearst underwent a public metamorphosis from Harvard dropout to political kingmaker; from outspoken populist to opponent of the New Deal; and from citizen to congressman. In The Chief, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of the man famously characterized in the classic film Citizen Kane. With unprecedented access to Hearst's personal and business papers, Nasaw details Heart's relationship with his wife Millicent and his romance with Marion Davies; his interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every American president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt; and his acquaintance with movie giants such as Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg. An "e;absorbing, sympathetic portrait of an American original,"e; The Chief sheds light on the private life of a very public man (Chicago Tribune).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.6.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-547-52472-2 / 0547524722
• ISBN-13: 978-0-547-52472-6 / 9780547524726