The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst (98 page)

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I could not have hoped for a more talented and dedicated editor than Anne Collins at Random House Canada. We worked together years ago in the magazine business and I always held her in high regard but I am newly astonished at her capacities, and this manuscript has been immeasurably improved by her attentions. I also want to thank Jennifer Shepherd, Craig Pyette, and Sharon Klein at Random House for their hard work and professionalism.
I have benefited from the work of Judith Robinson, who has done a superb job of sorting out the Hearst family papers, and steered me to some materials I had overlooked, and who gave me her thoughts on several chapters of this manuscript. David Nasaw’s thorough biography,
The Chief,
was useful and thought provoking, and an inspiration for my different take on Hearst. W. Joseph Campbell has done some truly original research in the field of newspaper history and I learned a great deal from his publications. The reference staffs at the Bancroft Library, the New York Public Library, and The Library of Congress went out of their way to be helpful. A kind assistant at the Michigan State Library taught me how to scan newspapers from microfilm.
Nancy Macdonald (McGill) was of enormous assistance as a researcher on this project. Patricia Treble (
Maclean’s
) was indispensable as a fact-checker and bibliographer. Thanks as well to Julien-Russell Brunet (University of Toronto), Matthew Hogan, George Serhijczuk (
Maclean’s
). The redoubtable Chris Johnston kept me as functional and organized as it is in me to be. John Fraser, Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto, was generous with his hospitality. Brian Segal, Leanne Shapton, Andrew Tolson, Lenny Blum, Florence Richler, Sasha Josipovicz, and Dianne de Fenoyl all contributed in different ways. Robert Fulford read the entire manuscript and gave me his thoughts.
This is a book about journalism and journalists, and much of what I know on these subjects has been gleaned from the many hundreds of writers, editors, and publishers I’ve been privileged to know over the years. I am beholden to them all, and this story is intended in part to give something back to a trade we love. Finally, and most importantly, my deepest gratitude to Tina Leino-Whyte and Thea Whyte for their love and support.
INDEX
 
 
Abbot, Willis J.
 
on Hearst
 
at the
Journal
 
war coverage
 
Abbott, Rev. Lyman
 
Active Service
(Crane)
 
Adee, Alvee A.
 
Advertiser. See
New York
Commercial Advertiser;
New York
Morning Advertiser
 
advertising
 
Age of the Editor
 
Albert and Arthur Brisbane News Service
 
Alfonso XII,
 
Alfonso XIII, king of Spain
 
Alger, Russell
 
Alix, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
Allianca
 
alligator
 
Altgeld, John Peter
 
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
 
American Cyclopaedia, The
 
American Economic Association
 
American Humorist, The
 
American Magazine
 
American Weekly, The
 
American Yacht Club
 
America’s Cup
 
Anaconda Copper Mine
 
anarchism
 
Anita
 
Anson, Cap
 
Anthony, Clara
 
Anti-Cartoon Bill
 
anti-trust legislation
 
AP.
See
Associated Press
 
Aquila
 
Arango, Clemencia
 
Archer, Addison
 
Armenia
 
Armour, Philip Danforth
 
Arnold, George Waugh
 
Artemisa, Cuba
 
Arthur, Chester
 
Associated Press
 
Astor, John Jacob
 
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
 
Augustine, Cpt. Edward
 
Azcárraga y Palmero, Gen. Marcelo de
 
 
Babicora ranch
 
Bacheller Syndicate
 
Baha’i
 
Baker, Ray Stannard
 
Baltimore
Sun
 
bananas
 
Banks, Rev. Louis A.
 
Baracoa
 
Barker, Walter B.
 
Barrymore, Maurice
 
Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste
 
Barton, Clara
 
baseball
 
Bates, Ernest Sutherland
 
“Battle of the Standards,”
 
Baz, Maj. Julio Rodríguez
 
Beaudet, Louise
 
Becker, Charles
 
“beef, embalmed,”
 
Belknap, George E.
 
Belletristische Journal
 
Bellevue Hospital
 
Bemis, Edward W.
 
Benham, Col.
 
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr.
 
criticism of
 
personal life
 
as proprietor of the
Herald
 
on Pulitzer
 
and the Spanish-American War
 
wealth and possessions
 
Bent, Silas
 
Berriz, Col. José
 
Betancourt, Salvador Cisneros
 
bicycles and bicycling
 
Bierce, Ambrose
 
Bierce, Marcus Aurelius
 
Bigelow, Poultney
 
billboards
 
bimetallism
 
Biograph camera
 
Bitzer, Gottfried Wilhelm “Billy,”
 
Black, Winifred
 
Blackwell’s Island
 
Blanco y Erenas, Ramón
 
Bland, Richard
 
Bly, Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane)
 
Bollman, Erich
 
bonds
 
Bonsal, Stephen
 
Book Buyer, The
 
Booth, Edwin
 
Booth-Tucker, Frederick
 
Boston Globe
 
Bouguereau, William A.
 
Bowen, William Shaw
 
Bowles, Francis T.
 
boxing
 
Brady, Jim
 
Breese, James L.
 
bribery
 
Brisbane, Albert
 
Brisbane, Arthur
 
at the
Chicago Journal
 
friendship with Hearst
 
at the
New York Journal
 
in the Spanish-American War
 
at the
Sun
 
at the
World
 
British Guiana
 
Broadway
 
Brokmeyer, Henry
 
Brontë sisters
 
Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education
 
Brooklyn
 
Brooklyn Bridge
 
Brown, Anne
 
Browning, Robert
 
Bryan, Mary
 
Bryan, William Jennings
 
1896 Democratic leadership race
 
1896 presidential election
 
and the
Chicago American
 
in the Spanish-American War
 
Bryson, George Eugene
 
in the Cuban War
 
in the Spanish-American War
 
Buccaneer
 
Buffalo, NY
 
bulletin boards
 
Bustanoby’s
 
Butes, Alfred
 
Butler, Benjamin F.
 
bylines
 
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
 
 
cable rates
 
Cafe Inglaterra
 
Calhoun, Eleanor
 
Calhoun, William J.
 
California
 
California Theatre
 
Campbell, W. Joseph
 
Campo Florida, Cuba
 
Canalejas y Méndez, José
 
Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio
 
Carbonell, Carlos F.
 
Carlos I, king of Portugal
 
Carlson, Oliver
 
Carnegie, Andrew
 
Carnegie Steel Company
 
Carson City, Nev.
 
cartoons.
See also
Davenport, Homer; i llustration
 
Anti-Cartoon Bill
 
recurring
 
Carvalho, Solomon Solis (S.S.)
 
at the
Chicago American
 
at the
Journal
 
at the
World
 
Caryll, Ivan
 
Casa de Recojidas
 
“Casey at the Bat” (Thayer)
 
Casino (club)
 
Casino Theatre
 
censorship and press control
 
in the Cuban War
 
in the Spanish-American War
 
Central Pacific Railroad
 
Century Club
 
Cervera, Adm. Pasqual
 
Ceuta, Morocco
 
Chaffee, Gen. Adna R.
 
Chamberlain, Sam
 
at the
Journal
 
Chamberlin, E.O.
 
Chambers, Julius
 
Champagne Charley (alligator)
 
Chapman, Cpt. George S.
 
Charles, king of Portugal

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