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The Sensational Rise Of William Randolph Hearst
Counterpoint
January 2009
On Sale: January 1, 2009
Featuring: William Randolph Hearst
512 pages
ISBN: 1582434670
EAN: 9781582434674
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
A lively, unexpected, and impeccably researched piece of
popular history, The Uncrowned King reveals how an
unheralded young newspaperman from San Francisco arrived in
New York and created the most successful daily of his time,
pushing the medium to an unprecedented level of influence
and excitement, and leading observers to wonder if
newspapers might be “the greatest force in civilization,”
more powerful even than kings and popes and presidents. Featuring an eight-page insert of black and white
photographs, The Uncrowned King offers a window onto the
media world at the turn of the 19th century, as seen by its
most successful and controversial figure, William Randolph
Hearst. Kenneth Whyte’s anecdotal, narrative style chronicles
Hearst’s rivalry with Joseph Pulitzer, the undisputed king
of New York journalism, in the most spectacular newspaper
war of all time. They battled head-to-head for three years,
through the thrilling presidential election campaign of 1896
and the Spanish-American War—a conflict that Hearst was
accused of fomenting and that he covered in person. By 1898,
Hearst had supplanted Pulitzer as the dominant force in New
York publishing, and was well on his way to becoming one of
the most powerful and fascinating private citizens in
20th-century America.
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