Pulitzer : a life in politics, print, and power /
James McGrath Morris.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Harper, 2010.
- xiii, 558 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-536) and index.
Like Alfred Nobel, Joseph Pulitzer is better known today for the prize that bears his name than his contribution to history. Yet, in 19th-century industrial America, Pulitzer invented the modern mass media. Morris offers the definitive biography of this remarkable icon