An American Success Story; Pulitzer: A Life. (Books).(Pulitzer: A Life) (book review)

American Journalism Review,  December, 2001  by Stepp, Carl Sessions

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Pulitzer: A Life By Denis Brian John Wiley & Sons 438 pages; $30. (Books)

Like big stories, ambitious books often have bold nut graphs, and Denis Brian unfurls his nut graph early: Joseph Pulitzer was "the Einstein, Shakespeare, Churchill of journalists, and is still the greatest newspaper editor of all time, at least in the English-speaking world."

This brash statement obliges Brian to achieve at least two goals. He must defend the greatest-editor claim, and, more intriguingly, he must dissect what makes a superior editor and how Pulitzer became one.

How ...

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