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THE YELLOW KIDS : FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS IN THE HEYDAY OF YELLOW JOURNALISM
by Milton, Joyce
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060161159
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161156
- Seller
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Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. SHARP CORNERS. Dustjacket near fine. Very mild shelfwear. Gilt lettering crisply debossed to spine of white cloth-covered boards. Bright red endpapers. Front jacket cover shows photographs of such journalists as Stephen Crane, Sylvester "Harry" Scovel, Joseph Pulitzer, George Rea, James Creelman, Cora Taylor Crane, Richard Harding Davis and William Randolph Hearst. Volume is clean, bright and tight. 412 pp with notes, bibliography and index. "There is much more to the phenomenon of so-called yellow journalism than the few clichès that have become part of American history. Joyce Milton tells the full story -- rich in detail, adventure, wit, humor, and tragedy -- in an absolutely absorbing narrative that brings to life some of the colorful figures to leave their mark on the cultural and social history of this nation," (jacket flaps).
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 655
- Title
- THE YELLOW KIDS : FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS IN THE HEYDAY OF YELLOW JOURNALISM
- Author
- Milton, Joyce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060161159
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161156
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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