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BL
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1015471
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b769841
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| Main Entry
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Brian, Denis.
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| Title & Author
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Pulitzer : : a life /\ Denis Brian.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: J. Wiley,, ©2001.
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viii, 438 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0471332003
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: 9780471332008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-422) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Joseph Pulitzer and his "Indegoddampendent" world -- The fighting immigrant -- Upright, spirited, and dangerous -- Survives fire and marries -- Buys St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- President Garfield assassinated -- Jesse James "shot like a dog" -- Pulitzer takes over the world -- Puts a democrat in the White House -- Saves Statue of Liberty -- Haymarket Square massacre -- Nellie Bly goes crazy -- Tries to save his sight -- "An instrument of justice, a terror to crime" -- Nellie Bly races around the world -- Running the world by remote control -- Pulitzer's "Satanic journalism" -- Prevents war between the United States and Britain -- Fighting crime and William Randolph Hearst -- War fever -- Americans at war in Cuba -- For the Boers, against the British -- "Accuracy! Accuracy!! Accuracy!!!" -- President McKinley assassinated -- "Find a man who gets drunk and hire him" -- Euphemisms for abortion -- Breaking in Frank Cobb -- Unmasking corrupt insurance companies -- "I liked the way he swore" -- Protesting jingo agitation -- Secret double life of Rockefeller's father -- Roosevelt tries to send Pulitzer to prison -- "The big man of all American newspapers" --Roosevelt seeks revenge -- Victory! The last days -- The aftermath -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| Abstract
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The rise of Joseph Pulitzer from Hungarian emigrant and Union soldier to the top of American journalism.
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Pulitzer, Joseph,1847-1911.
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Pulitzer, Joseph,1847-1911.
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Pulitzer, Joseph,1847-1911.
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Pulitzer, Joseph,1847-1911.
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Pulitzer, Joseph.
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Journalists-- United States, Biography.
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Journalistes-- États-Unis-- Biographies.
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Journalists-- United States, Biography.
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Journalists.
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Dagbladbedrijven.
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Journalistiek.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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920.5
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070/.92B
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| LC Classification
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PN4874.P8B75 2001
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| NLM classification
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05.33bcl
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15.85bcl
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