Rose Man of Sing Sing
A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
This biography of the early 20th-century newspaper giant who became news after killing his wife has the pace and detail of an engrossing historical novel (Boston Herald). As city editor of Joseph Pulitzer's New York Evening World, Charles E. Chapin was the quintessential newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly, setting the pace for evening press journalism with blockbuster stories from the Harry K. Thaw trial to the sinking of the Titanic. At the pinnacle of his fame in 1918, Chapin was deeply depressed and facing financial ruin. He decided to kill himself and his wife Nellie. But after shooting Nellie in her sleep, he failed to…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8232-2266-7
- EAN: 9780823222667
- Produktnummer: 22570043
- Verlag: Fordham University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 470 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'133 KB
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