Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star Volume 1

by Harry Haskell

At the turn of the twentieth century, the Kansas City Star was a trust-busting newspaper acclaimed for its crusading progressive spirit; fifty years later it was a busted trust, targeted in the most important antitrust action ever brought against an American daily. Now Harry Haskell tells the tale of the Star 's rise and decline against the richly textured backdrop of Kansas City--the story of how a newspaper and a city grew together and ultimately...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826217699
• ISBN13: 9780826217691
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher