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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew BernsteinPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press Weight: 0.557kg ISBN: 9780806169347ISBN 10: 0806169346 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 30 August 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews...a first-rate biography...Bernstein does his research and writes well... - Historynet.com ...Mr. Bernstein, a professor of English at Los Angeles City College, keeps it sprightly and engaging. Hearst's tireless questing has a fascination to it... --The Wall Street Journal A great telling of a rags to riches story. -- A Book with Legs Podcast As author Matthew Bernstein writes so eloquently, 'Hearst was the most famous miner in American history' ... And with Bernstein's biography, Hearst will be remembered again as one of America's greatest 19th-century entrepreneurs... --True West In George Hearst, Silver King of the Gilded Age, Matthew Bernstein provides a folksy romp through the mining, cattle, political, and newspaper worlds of nineteenth-century America. This well-researched biography is guaranteed to inform and entertain. -- Nancy J. Taniguchi, author of Dirty Deeds: Land, Violence, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee Matthew Bernstein's lively biography of George Hearst will ignite the interest of multitudes of readers. This is narrative western biography at its best. -- Richard W. Etulain, author of Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid """...a first-rate biography...Bernstein does his research and writes well..."" - Historynet.com ""...Mr. Bernstein, a professor of English at Los Angeles City College, keeps it sprightly and engaging. Hearst's tireless questing has a fascination to it..."" --The Wall Street Journal ""A great telling of a rags to riches story."" -- A Book with Legs Podcast ""As author Matthew Bernstein writes so eloquently, 'Hearst was the most famous miner in American history' ... And with Bernstein's biography, Hearst will be remembered again as one of America's greatest 19th-century entrepreneurs...""--True West ""In George Hearst, Silver King of the Gilded Age, Matthew Bernstein provides a folksy romp through the mining, cattle, political, and newspaper worlds of nineteenth-century America. This well-researched biography is guaranteed to inform and entertain.""-- Nancy J. Taniguchi, author of Dirty Deeds: Land, Violence, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee ""Matthew Bernstein's lively biography of George Hearst will ignite the interest of multitudes of readers. This is narrative western biography at its best."" -- Richard W. Etulain, author of Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends of Billy the Kid" Author InformationMatthew Bernstein is an adjunct professor of English at Los Angeles City College and a frequent magazine contributor. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |