Preface
Acknowledgements
1: Government by Newspaper
2: The Most Hated Man in America
3: The Sword and Shield of the People
4: Notable Successes Except in Politics
5: End of a Political Dream
6: Hollywood, San Simeon, and Expansion
7: Solutions to Depression and President Maker
8: A Jeffersonian Democrat Versus the New Deal
9: Promoting the Red Scare
10: Nightmare of Insolvency in a World at War
11: Last Years and Final Edition
Notes
Index
Ben Procter is Professor of History at Texas Christian University and the author of Not Without Honor: The Life of John H. Reagan, Battle of the Alamo, Just One Riot, and William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
"This biography is a good starting point for any reader wanting to
know about the man Citizen Kane was modeled on--and why he
mattered."--M.J. Birkner, CHOICE
"William Randolph Hearst: The Later Years, 1911-1951 provides
excellent coverage of Hearst's efforts to fulfill his dream of
'government by newspaper.'"--Rodney Carlisle, The Journal of
American History
"This is a superbly written examination."--Booklist
"Proctor does an excellent job of collecting the facts.... Scholars
will appreciate the extensive use of primary sources."--Judy
Solber, Library Journal
"It is Procter's literary agility in dealing with Hearst's
complexities that makes this work sing.... In volume 1 and now in
volume 2, Procter has more than lived up to the challenge of
telling this man's life story."-- Jhistory, H-Net Reviews
"This biography is a good starting point for any reader wanting to
know about the man Citizen Kane was modeled on--and why he
mattered."--M.J. Birkner, CHOICE
"William Randolph Hearst: The Later Years, 1911-1951 provides
excellent coverage of Hearst's efforts to fulfill his dream of
'government by newspaper.'"--Rodney Carlisle, The Journal of
American History
"Proctor does an excellent job of collecting the facts.... Scholars
will appreciate the extensive use of primary sources."--Judy
Solberg, Library Journal
"This is a superbly written examination."--Booklist
"It is Procter's literary agility in dealing with Hearst's
complexities that makes this work sing.... In volume 1 and now in
volume 2, Procter has more than lived up to the challenge of
telling this man's life story."-- Jhistory, H-Net Reviews
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