The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst

The definitive and “utterly absorbing” biography of America’s first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Vanity Fair).
In The Chief, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of William Randolph Hearst, famously characterized in the classic film Citizen Kane, and whose influence was nearly as great as many world leaders.

A brilliant business strategist, Hearst controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight newspapers,...