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"Whyte makes Hearst's rise an entertaining saga of newspapering's heroic age, when the popular press became an unofficial pillar of democracy." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

A lively, unexpected, and impeccably researched piece of popular history,... Read Full Overview

A lively, unexpected, and impeccably researched piece of popular history, The Uncrowned King reveals how an unheralded young newspaperman from San Francisco arrived in New York and created the most successful daily of his time, pushing the medium to an unprecedented level of... Read Full Overview

"I've been watching him, and I notice that when he wants cake, he wants cake; and he wants it now. And I notice that after a while he gets his cake." -Senator George Hearst, on his son, William Randolph Hearst