The Hearsts: Father and Son
About this audiobook
The founder of the largest US media empire, William Randolph Hearst, Sr. changed the face of American journalism forever. Hearst, Jr., with coauthor Casserly, tells the family’s story, from the gold-diggings of California to the present Hearst media empire. In a detailed, straight-forward, and earnest manner, the authors examine Hearst Sr.’s notorious brand of journalism, his contentious politics, his devotion to art, his obsession with San Simeon, and his complex love life. They also profile reporters and columnists who became stars of the Hearst newspapers.
About the author
William Randolph Hearst, Jr., (1908–1993) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and the editor-in-chief of Hearst Newspapers. He was the publisher of the New York Journal American and shared a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting on the Soviet Union in 1977. He is the author of The Hearsts: Father and Son.
Jack Casserly is an author and former foreign correspondent. He reported from some sixty countries, including Korea, Algeria, the Middle East, Latin America, and Vietnam. The author of ten books, Casserly was also a 1985 Harvard fellow at the Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics. He is a longtime member of the Authors Guild and the Overseas Press Club and lives with his wife, Joy Ruth, in Arizona.
Jeff Riggenbach (1947-2021) narrated numerous titles for Blackstone Audio and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. An author, contributing editor, and producer, he worked in radio in San Francisco for more than thirty years, earning a Golden Mike Award for journalistic excellence.
