{"product_id":"the-chief-life-of-william-r-hearst","title":"THE CHIEF: LIFE OF WILLIAM R HEARST","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Randolph Hearst, known to his staff as the Chief, was a brilliant business strategist and a man of prodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and thirteen magazines. He quickly learned how to use this media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe son of a gold miner, Hearst underwent a public metamorphosis from Harvard dropout to political kingmaker; from outspoken populist to opponent of the New Deal; and from citizen to congressman. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of the man famously characterized in the classic film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith unprecedented access to Hearst’s personal and business papers, Nasaw details Heart’s relationship with his wife Millicent and his romance with Marion Davies; his interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every American president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt; and his acquaintance with movie giants such as Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg. An “absorbing, sympathetic portrait of an American original,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sheds light on the private life of a very public man (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643876360370,"sku":"8750","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/4290\/7570\/files\/71SJQqyPLBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782829275","url":"https:\/\/www.hmflaglerandco.us\/products\/the-chief-life-of-william-r-hearst","provider":"H.M. Flagler \u0026 Co ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}