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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew BernsteinPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press Weight: 0.395kg ISBN: 9780806169354ISBN 10: 0806169354 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 30 August 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback 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 ...historian Matthew Bernstein sets the record straight about George Hearst... -- True West A great telling of a rags to riches story. -- A Book with Legs Podcast 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 """...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 ""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 ""...a first-rate biography...Bernstein does his research and writes well..."" - Historynet.com ""A great telling of a rags to riches story."" -- A Book with Legs Podcast ""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" ...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 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 ...a first-rate biography...Bernstein does his research and writes well... - Historynet.com A great telling of a rags to riches story. -- A Book with Legs Podcast 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 |
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