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The Yellow Kids; Foreign Correspondents in the Heyday of Yellow Journalism
by Joyce Milton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060161159
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161156
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper and Row, Publishers , 1989 Harper and Row, Publishers, New York. 1989. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelf wear to lower tips; slight bumping to head. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; bumping to head and upper edge; light soiling to rear panel. Off-white linen boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 412pp 8vo. This book is set in the era of Yellow Journalism with the competitive fights between Joseph Pulitzer's World and William Randolph Hearst's Journal trying to top each other in sensationalism. The Kids of this book are the celebrity foreign correspondents or special commissioners who ventured to far away places to get the stories, whether it be the Yukon or Cuba. Using new information and papers, the author gives a good representation to reporters Harry Scovel, Stephen Crane, Cora Taylor, Richard Harding Davis, and James Creelman. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011362
- Title
- The Yellow Kids; Foreign Correspondents in the Heyday of Yellow Journalism
- Author
- Joyce Milton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060161159
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161156
- Publisher
- Harper and Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Yellow Journalism, news papers, journalism, news correspondents, news reporters, special commissioners, foreign correspondents, Joseph Pulitzer, The New York World, William Randolph Hearst, The New York Journal, Cuba, Yukon, Spanish-American War, The Mai
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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