Pulitzer

Pulitzer

Like Alfred Nobel, Joseph Pulitzer is better known today for the prize that bears his name than his contribution to history. Yet, in 19th-century industrial America, while Carnegie provided the steel, Rockefeller the oil, Morgan the money and Vanderbilt the railroads, Pulitzer invented the modern mass media.

James McGrath Morris traces the story of this Jewish-Hungarian immigrant’s rise through American politics and into journalism where he accumulated immense power and wealth only to fall blind and become a tormented recluse wandering the globe. But not before Pulitzer transformed American journalism into a medium of immense influence by exploiting the vast social and economic changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. Pulitzer also used his influence to advance a progressive political agenda and his power to fight those who opposed him—including Theodore Roosevelt who, when president, tried to send Pulitzer to prison. The grueling legal battles Pulitzer endured for freedom of the press forever changed the landscape of American newspapers and politics.

Compelling, authoritative and based on years of research, Pulitzer is a riveting portrait of an American icon.

Hardcover: 576 pages

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers ( February 01, 2010 )

Item #: 23-4154

ISBN: 9780060798697

Product Dimensions: 6.125 x 9.0 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 27.0 ounces