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"Comprehensive biography of media mogul Joseph Pulitzer"--Provided by publisher
Like Alfred Nobel, Joseph Pulitzer is better known today for the prize that bears his name than his contribution to history. Yet, in 19th-century industrial America, Pulitzer invented the modern mass media. Morris offers the definitive biography of this remarkable icon
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This biography of the early 20th-century newspaper giant who became news after killing his wife. As city editor of Joseph Pulitzer's New York Evening World, Charles E. Chapin was the quintessential newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly, setting the pace for evening press journalism with blockbuster stories from the Harry K. Thaw trial to the sinking of the Titanic.
At the pinnacle of his fame in 1918, Chapin was deeply depressed and facing...
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