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Book Review of Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst

Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst
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I read a few pages at noontime today and find it is still a very good book--I read it over fifty years ago. The author spoke to a great many people who actually knew W. R. Hearst which is invaluable because, as he notes, many of the reports regarding his doings in other newspapers were biased--W.R.H. was not the only practitioner of yellow journalism.
We visited Hearst Castle in the summer of 1958 and mom really enjoyed seeing it. Dad tended to us kids.....