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Boss-busters & sin hounds : Kansas City and its Star / Harry Haskell.
- Title
- Boss-busters & sin hounds : Kansas City and its Star / Harry Haskell.
- Author
- Haskell, Harry
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN4899.K4 S74 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 450 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Haskell tells the tale of the Kansas City Star's rise and decline, taking readers into the city room and executive offices of one of the most respected American newspapers. This story includes Kansas City notables as Tom Pendergast, J. C. Nichols, Frank Walsh, William Rockhill Nelson, Henry J. Haskell and Roy A. Roberts"--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Boss-busters and sin hounds
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-427) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface -- Prologue: A Puritan in River City -- Part 1. Baron Bill -- The Daily W.R. Nelson -- City Beautiful -- Progressive Decade -- Insurgents -- Part 2. Interregnum -- Bully Pulpits -- Main Street Paper -- Part 3. The Sage and the Country Boy -- Changing of the Guard -- Tom's Town -- Voice of Middle America -- Busted Trust -- Epilogue: Newspaper of the Future -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9780826217691 (alk. paper)
- 0826217699 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007022277
- OCLC
- 137305937
- SCSB-11377892
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library