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Joseph Pulitzer: His Life and Letters

Don Carlos Seitz

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Summary

Don Carlos Seitz portrays Joseph Pulitzer through biography, letters and memories of their work at the New York World. Seitz had a long association with the publisher and drew on material gathered by George W. Hosmer, Pulitzer’s live-in physician.

First published in 1924, the book offers a close associate’s view of Pulitzer’s character, newspaper leadership and ideas about the press. That position makes it valuable as testimony from within the business, while also giving readers reason to compare it with later research.

  • SourcePulitzer Biographies — Columbia University Libraries · DON C. SEITZ; original 1924 publication and extracts from Foreword
  • SourceJoseph Pulitzer: an intimate portrait — The Pulitzer Prizes · Introduction and condensed, lightly edited extract from Seitz’s opening portrait

Why read it Our view

Compare an inside business manager’s account of newspaper leadership with later research; it is historical testimony about running the World.

Written about

  • Joseph PulitzerBiography by a longtime World business manager.
    Seitz used his own memories and material gathered by Pulitzer's physician and secretary. Read it as a close associate's account, alongside later research.
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