The Chief (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: David Nasaw
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1862-1951
- Setting: Primarily Missouri, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Simeon, California
- Principal Characters: William Randolph Hearst, George Hearst, Phoebe Hearst, Millicent Hearst, Marion Davies
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, Journalism or journalists, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, New York City, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, California, Los Angeles, Publishing or publishers, Business or business people, Missouri, Mass media, Newspapers, 1900’s
- Locales: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Missouri
In his biography The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, David Nasaw grapples with one of the most enigmatic personalities in American history. Infamous in the early decades of the twentieth century as the father of “yellow journalism,” as an aspiring but ultimately frustrated politician, and as the lord and master of a grandiose palace in San Simeon, California, William Randolph Hearst both crafted and figured in headlines for more than fifty years. Hearst self-consciously made himself a legend in his own time. As a pioneering press magnate, he had the means to do...
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