Bossbusters And Sin Hounds Kansas City And Its Star 1st Edition Harry Haskell by Harry Haskell 9780826217691, 9780826266125, 0826217699, 0826266126 instant download after payment.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the Kansas City Star was a trust-busting newspaper acclaimed for its progressive spirit; fifty years later it was a busted trust, targeted in the most important antitrust action ever brought against an American daily. Haskell takes readers into the Star s city room and executive offices and tells the story of the three men with contrasting personalities and agendas who shaped the paper: William Rockhill Nelson, among the last of the great personal editors from journalism s golden age; the scholarly Henry J. Haskell, who led the Star to its peak of influence in the 1930s and 40s; and Roy A. Roberts, who went on to combine the roles of newspaper publisher and political kingmaker. Haskell recounts such milestones as the Star s role in the City Beautiful movement that helped transform America s urban centers, the nation s entry into two global wars, a bold but ill-starred experiment in employee ownership, and the paper s battle with Boss Pendergast s legendary political machine.