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Content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with near fine Black/Red & Gold Gilt decorated, cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown. Blackened top text block.Kirkus Review: This colorful yet careful biography of William Randolph Hearst does more to clarify that man, and the "yellow journalism" he started, than anything written to date. From "Willie's" birth in 1863 to fabulously wealthy parents (his miner father later became a senator) to his assumption of control of the San Francisco Examiner, then the New York Journal, to his intervention in the Cuban situation which led to the Spanish-American War, to his political intrigues, fights with Joseph Pulitzer, and screaming anti-trust clash, the story is as rich a slice of Americana as one could find in this century. All the less well-known, or distorted facts about Hearst--- his spell as a Congressman, his business affairs, his long relationship to actress Marion Davies-- are examined too. Through… Read More