{"product_id":"2026200013852-secondhand-citizen-hearst-a-biography-of-william-randolph-hearst","title":"Citizen Hearst: A Biography Of William Randolph Hearst","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in American history have wielded power as brazenly and unapologetically as William Randolph Hearst, and W. A. Swanberg's Citizen Hearst presents a sweeping, authoritative chronicle of the man who built a media empire and bent the news to his will. From his early days as a brash young heir determined to outshine his rivals, to his ascent as the undisputed king of yellow journalism, Swanberg traces the full arc of Hearst's life — his political ambitions, his legendary Xanadu at San Simeon, his turbulent personal life, and his uncanny ability to shape public opinion on a national scale.\n\nSwanberg writes with the precision of a seasoned journalist and the narrative drive of a born storyteller, grounding his portrait in meticulous research while never allowing the momentum to flag. Citizen Hearst illuminates the darker contradictions of the American Dream — the seductive corruption of limitless wealth, the media's capacity to manufacture reality, and the tragedy of a titan who outlived his own legend. This is biography at its most compelling, and it leaves the reader asking an uncomfortable question: in the age of modern media, just how much has really changed?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160942813403,"sku":"2026200013852-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/eea4e47c-eafb-4cf2-8a7f-838b14b2951e.png?v=1787188469","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013852-secondhand-citizen-hearst-a-biography-of-william-randolph-hearst","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}