William Randolph Hearst 1911-1951 C

by Ben Procter and Tiffany Clarke Harrison

Book Overview

William Randolph Hearst was a figure of Shakespearean proportions, a man of huge ambition, inflexible will, and inexhaustible energy. He revolutionized the newspaper industry in America, becoming the most powerful media mogul the world had ever seen, and in the process earned himself the title of "most hated man in America" on four different occasions.
Now in the second volume of this sweeping biography, Ben Procter gives readers a vivid portrait...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195325346
• ISBN13: 9780195325348
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

a gem to read on a bigger than life newspaper owner

He was bigger than life and one innovative person ...maybe the first gorilla marketer whether you agreed with him or not. Great read.

A powerful testimony not just to Hearst's life, but to the evolution of the newspaper as a whole

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST: THE LATER YEARS, 1911-1951 presents the second volume in a biography series which follows Hearst's life, and is a pick for college-level holdings which already have the first volume, as well as for college-level collections strong in media or journalism history. It surveys how Hearst built an empire of newspapers in nineteen of the largest cities in the U.S., and how his final forty years strengthened his hold. Previously unavailable letters and manuscripts, along with Hearst's own powerful political editorials, make for a powerful testimony not just to Hearst's life, but to the evolution of the newspaper as a whole, and its political impact on American lives.