{"product_id":"william-randolph-hearst-the-later-years-19111951","title":"William Randolph Hearst: The Later Years  1911-1951","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Randolph Hearst was a figure of Shakespearean proportions  a man of huge ambition  inflexible will  and inexhaustible energy. He revolutionized the newspaper industry in America  becoming the most powerful media mogul the world had ever seen  and in the process earned himself the title of \"most hated man in America\" on four different occasions. Now in the second volume of this sweeping biography  Ben Procter gives readers a vivid portrait of the final 40 years of Hearsts life. Drawing on previously unavailable letters and manuscripts  and quoting generously from Hearsts own editorials  Procter covers all aspects of Hearsts career: his journalistic innovations  his impassioned patriotism  his fierce belief in \"Government by Newspaper \" his frustrated political aspirations  profligate spending and voracious art collecting  the building of his castle at San Simeon  and his tumultuous Hollywood years. The book offers new insight into Hearsts bitter and highly public quarrels with Al Smith (who referred to Hearst papers as \"Mudgutter Gazettes\") and FDR (whose New Deal Hearst dubbed the \"Raw Deal\"); his 30-year affair with the actress Marion Davies (and her own affairs with others); his political evolution from a progressive trust-buster and \"America first\" isolationist to an increasingly conservative and at times hysterical anti-communist. Procter also explores Hearsts ill-considered meeting with Hitler  his attempts to suppress \"Citizen Kane \" and his relationships with Joseph Kennedy  Charles Lindbergh  Louis B. Meyer  and many other major figures of his time. As Life magazine noted  Hearst newspapers were a \"one-man fireworks display\"--sensational  controversial  informative  and always entertaining. In Ben Procters fascinating biography  Hearst shines forth in all his eccentric and egocentric glory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952043323445,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195325346","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195325348.jpg?v=1770149845","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/william-randolph-hearst-the-later-years-19111951","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}