The
Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
by David Nasaw (Author)
The epic scope of historian David Nasaw's biography matches the titanic
personality and achievements of William Randolph Hearst (1862-1951), who
built "the nation's first media conglomerate" from a single San Francisco
newspaper. Based on previously unavailable sources, including Hearst's
personal papers, Nasaw's long but absorbing narrative gives a full-bodied
account of the often contradictory mogul: "a huge man with a tiny voice;
a shy man who was most comfortable in crowds ... an autocratic boss who
could not fire people; a devoted husband who lived with his mistress."
Wife Millicent Hearst and actress-inamorata Marion Davies also emerge with
more complexity than in previous portraits like Orson Welles's Citizen
Kane, whose factual inaccuracies Nasaw dissects. The author tempers the
usual simplistic account of Hearst's political evolution from fire-breathing
leftist to red-baiting conservative, calling him "a classic liberal" who
believed in less-is-more government and deplored fascism as much as communism.
Fresh insights and elegantly turned phrases abound in Nasaw's depiction
of Hearst's activities as newspaper publisher, movie producer, and politician,
but what's even more intriguing is the poignant personal drama of a man
born "in the city of great expectations on the edge of the continent" who
was buried 89 years later in San Francisco, "the place he used to know."
--Wendy Smith - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 687 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.07 x
9.55 x 6.50
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; (June 16, 2000)
ISBN: 0395827590
Hearst
Castle: The Biography of a Country House
by Victoria Kastner, Victoria Garagliano, George Plimpton
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x
12.10 x 9.44
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated; (November 1,
2000)
ISBN: 0810934159 |
| |
The
Times We Had : Life With William Randolph Hearst
by Marion Davies
Book Description: She was the unofficial empress of Hollywood
and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of America's richest men.
Gathered from tapes recroded a decade before Marion Davie's death, read,
in her own words, the story of a fantastic and glittering life, as never
told before.
Mass Market Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84
x 6.87 x 4.19
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (December
1989)
ISBN: 034532739X
William
Randolph Hearst and the American Century (Makers of the Media Series)
by Nancy Whitelaw
Library Binding: 112 pages ; Dimensions (in inches):
0.54 x 8.83 x 5.89
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds; (December 1, 1999)
ISBN: 1883846463
Navajo Textiles : The William Randolph Hearst Collection
by Nancy J. Blomberg
Listed under Native American
Art
William Randolph Hearst : The Early Years, 1863-1910
by Ben Proctor
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Citizen
Hearst : A Biography of William Randolph Hearst
The
View from Xanadu : William Randolph Hearst and United States Foreign Policy
by Ian Mugridge
Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press; (May 1995)
William
Randolph Hearst : Modern Media Tycoon (Giants of American Industry)
by Nancy Frazier
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Book Description: When 17-year-old William Randolph Hearst took
control of his father’s San Francisco Examiner, he seemed to have found
something he was good at. Within a few years, he was in control of The
New York Journal, where he started increasing the circulation by dramatically
lowering prices, adding more illustrations, and using sensational headlines
and stories to heighten reader interest. At his peak, he owned 28 major
newspapers and had acquired magazines, radio stations, and movie companies.
Even though he failed at a political career, his influence touched nearly
every aspect of the American media.
Publisher: Blackbirch Marketing; (March 2001)
William
Randolph Hearst (American Dream Series)
William
Randolph Hearst, His Role in American Progressivism
Out of Print - Try Used Books
Citizen
Hearst : A Biography of William Randolph Hearst
William
Randolph Hearst, American
Hearst Castle : The Story of William Randolph Hearst and San Simeon
by Taylor Coffman
Out of Print - Try Used Books
William
Randolph Hearst : Press Baron (American Dream (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).)
Out of Print - Try Used Books
» Click
here for top sellers in History
