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Chief : The Life of William Randolph Hearst by David Nasaw (2000, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100395827590
ISBN-139780395827598
eBay Product ID (ePID)1651645
Product Key Features
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChief : the Life of William Randolph Hearst
SubjectEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Publishing, Journalism, Business
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDavid Nasaw
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight42 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-462122
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"[Nasaw] has given his biography an immediacy that almost makes the reader forget that the author . . . was not there as the story unfolded." --Orville Schell, "Nasaw's "The Chief" works on a large, even heroic, canvas and, thanks to Nasaw's exhaustive research, moves on a level of detail that would satisfy even Theodore Dreiser.", In this exhaustively researched biography [Nasaw] has allowed us finally to understand . . . the father of the modern media conglomerate., ...the Hearst whom Nasaw portrays...is still the fascinating figure we've known for years: the self-absorbed genius equally addicted to power and possessions..., ...absorbing and sympathetic portrait of an American original, the first full-scale biography of the publishing giant and politician in nearly 40 years., The large and in-charge William Randolph Hearst's flirtations with Hitler, Mussolini, and Louis B. Mayer are documented in David Nasaw's utterly absorbing bio., "Nasaw's "The Chief" works on a large, even heroic, canvas and, thanks to Nasaw's exhaustive research, moves on a level of detail that would satisfy even Theodore Dreiser." The Los Angeles Times "[Nasaw] has given his biography an immediacy that almost makes the reader forget that the author . . . was not there as the story unfolded." --Orville Schell The New York Times "...the Hearst whom Nasaw portrays...is still the fascinating figure we've known for years: the self-absorbed genius equally addicted to power and possessions..." Publishers Weekly "...absorbing and sympathetic portrait of an American original, the first full-scale biography of the publishing giant and politician in nearly 40 years." The Chicago Tribune "In this exhaustively researched biography [Nasaw] has allowed us finally to understand . . . the father of the modern media conglomerate." The Chicago Tribune "Nasaw's judicious and comprehensive biography sensibly seeks to understand its subject, not to judge him." The New Yorker "Unlikely to be surpassed as the definitive study of its subject." The Wall Street Journal "A highly readable portrait of a fascinating individual." The San Francisco Chronicle "Nasaw keeps his subject human and believable, no easy task when writing about such a colorful and forceful man." The Seattle Times "The large and in-charge William Randolph Hearst's flirtations with Hitler, Mussolini, and Louis B. Mayer are documented in David Nasaw's utterly absorbing bio." Vanity Fair "The Chief is both an informative piece of scholarship and a pleasure to read." The San Diego Union-Tribune "Nasaw's intriguing study is a must-read." The Nation "A thoroughly researched volume that must be regarded as the definitive work...It's hard to imagine a more complete rendering of Hearst's life." Business Week "Mr. Nasaw makes Hearst a regular guy . . . and often likable or sympathetic, if far from a universal hero." The New York Times "...the best biography I read in 2000." -- Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post, Mr. Nasaw makes Hearst a regular guy . . . and often likable or sympathetic, if far from a universal hero., A thoroughly researched volume that must be regarded as the definitive work...It's hard to imagine a more complete rendering of Hearst's life.
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal070.5/092 B
Table Of ContentCONTENTS Acknowledgments / vii Preface / xiii i. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 1. A Son of the West 3 2. To Europe Again and on to Harvard 23 3. "Something Where I Could Make a Name" 39 ii. PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR 4. At the Examiner 67 5. "I Can't Do San Francisco Alone" 82 6. Hearst in New York: "Staging a Spectacle" 95 7. "How Do You Like the Journal's War?" 125 iii. PUBLISHER, POLITICIAN, CANDIDATE, AND CONGRESSMAN 8. Representing the People 145 9. "Candidate of a Class" 168 10. "A Force to Be Reckoned With" 186 11. Man of Mystery 202 12. Party Leader 214 13. Hearst at Fifty: Some Calm Before the Storms 227 iv. OF WAR AND PEACE 14. "A War of Kings" 241 15. "Hearst, Hylan, the Hohenzollerns, and the Habsburgs" 260 v. A MASTER BUILDER 16. Building a Studio 277 17. Builder and Collector 287 18. Marion, Millicent, and the Movies 303 19. A Return to Normalcy 315 20. Another Last Hurrah 328 vi. THE KING AND QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD 21. "Do You Know Miss Marion Davies, the Movie Actress?" 337 22. Family Man 351 23. Dream Houses 362 24. Businesses as Usual 377 25. A New Crusade: Europe 398 26. The Talkies and Marion 409 vii. THE DEPRESSION 27. "Pretty Much Flattened Out" 423 28. "An Incorrigible Optimist" 437 29. The Chief Chooses a President 452 viii. NEW DEALS AND RAW DEALS 30. Hearst at Seventy 469 31. Hearst and Hitler 488 32. The Last Crusade 500 ix. THE FALL 33. The Fall 527 34. "All Very Sad, But We Cannot Kick Now" 543 35. Citizen Kane 564 36. Old Age 575 Epilogue 604 Notes / 609 Index / 657
Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition
SynopsisDavid Nasaw's magnificent, definitive biography of William Randolph Hearst is based on newly released private and business papers and interviews. For the first time, documentation of Hearst's interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every American president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt, as well as with movie giants Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg, completes the picture of this colossal American. Hearst, known to his staff as the Chief, was a man ofprodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the country, including twenty-eight newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and thirteen magazines. As the first practitioner of what is now known as synergy, Hearst used his media stronghold to achieve political power unprecedented in the industry. Americans followed his metamorphosis from populist to fierce opponent of Roosevelt and the New Deal, from citizen to congressman, and we are still fascinated today by the man characterized in the film classic CITIZEN KANE. In Nasaw's portrait, questions about Hearst's relationships are addressed, including those about his mistress in his Harvard days, who lived with him for ten years; his legal wife, Millicent, a former showgirl and the mother of his five sons; and Marion Davies, his companion until death. Recently discovered correspondence with the architect of Hearst's world-famous estate, San Simeon, is augmented by taped interviews with the people who worked there and witnessed Hearst's extravagant entertaining, shedding light on the private life of a very public man., The first full biography of Hearst in 40 years includes surprising new information on his private interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every American president from Glover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt. 32 photos.
LC Classification NumberZ473.H4N37 2000
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- Jan 25, 2022
A fine corrective to Citizen Kane
If your view of Hearst has been shaped by Orson Welles Citizen Kane, this is the book for you. Hearst was a racist, self promoting scoundrel in many ways. But he was creative in creating news models and newspaper templates that are still prevalent today. The Nasaw book provided much of the script for the recent and very fine 4 hour documentary on PBS.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 16, 2021
Wow
Great storyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
