The Chief: William Randolph Hearst - The Rise and Fall of the Real Citizen Kane

The Chief: William Randolph Hearst - The Rise and Fall of the Real Citizen Kane

by Conrad Black (Foreword), David Nasaw (Author)

Synopsis

Biography of Randolph Hearst, the model for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, with first ever access to Hearst's private papers and dealings with Hitler, Mussolini and Churchill. The epic scope of historian David Nasaw's biography matches the titanic personality and achievements of William Randolph Hearst (1862-1951), who built the world's first media conglomerate from a single San Francisco newspaper. Based on previously unavailable sources, including Hearst's personal papers, Nasaw's 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. Fresh insights into his dealings with Hitler and Mussolini 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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 600
Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 2002

ISBN 10: 1903933072
ISBN 13: 9781903933077

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'Absorbing and ingeniously organized' HAROLD EVANS
Author Bio
David Nasaw's work has appeared in Conde Nast Traveller and the New Yorker. His meticulous research for this book took him fifteen years. He lives in New York.