Power Privilege and the Post: The Katherine Graham Story - Couverture rigide

Felsenthal, Carol

 
9780399137327: Power Privilege and the Post: The Katherine Graham Story
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ISBN 10 : 0399137327 ISBN 13 : 9780399137327
Editeur : Putnam Pub Group, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Felsenthal Carol

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Katherine Graham's story has all the elements of the phoenix rising from the ashes, and in Carol Felsenthal's unauthorized biography, Power, Privilege, and the Post, Graham's personal tragedies and triumphs are revealed. The homely and insecure daughter of the Jewish millionaire and owner of The Washington Post, Eugene Myer, Kay married the handsome, brilliant and power hungry Phillip Graham in 1940. By 1948 Kay's father had turned control of The Washington Post over to Phil, who spent the next decade amassing a media empire that included radio and TV stations. But, as Felsenthal shows, he mostly focused on building the reputation of the Post and positioning himself as a Washington power-player. Plagued by manic depression, Phil's behavior became more erratic and outlandish, and his downward spiral ended in 1963 when he took his own life. Surprising the newspaper industry, Kay Graham took control of the paper, beginning one of the most unprecedented careers in media history.
Felsenthal weaves her exhaustive research into a perceptive portrayal of the Graham family and an expert dissection of the internal politics at the Post, and a portrait of one of a unique, tragic, and ultimately triumphant figure of twentieth-century America.

Biographie de l'auteur

CAROL FELSENTHAL is the author of several acclaimed biographies, including the best-selling Power, Privilege, and the Post: The Katharine Graham Story; Princess Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth; and The Sweetheart of the Silent Majority: The Biography of Phyllis Schlafly.

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Éditeur
Putnam Pub Group
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0399137327
ISBN 13 
9780399137327
Reliure
Relié
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781888363869: Power, Privilege and the Post: The Katharine Graham Story

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  188836386X ISBN 13 :  9781888363869
Editeur : Seven Stories Press, 1999
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