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Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, New York [Published date: 1931]. Hardcover, xiii, 301 pp; illustrated with plates, facsimiles; 23 cm.
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In very good condition/ no dust jacket. Light tan cloth-covered boards with black border and lettering on front and spine; light shelf wear with minor bumping to corners and spine ends; binding tight; pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Tom Clarke (1884-1957), editor of the London News Chronicle, recounts his years working under Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), founder of the Daily Mail. Drawing from personal diaries and correspondence, Clarke offers a vivid inside account of Northcliffe's personality, relationships, and role in British journalism and politics, particularly during World War I. The fifteen chapters include profiles of Northcliffe's associates, reflections on pre-war and wartime press strategy, the "Shell Scandal" and dealings with Kitchener, interactions with U.S. officials, and Northcliffe's later years. Facsimiles reproduce letters, diary pages, postcards, and telegrams from Northcliffe to Clarke. Contents include: Northcliffe; Men Around "The Chief"; Before the Great War; Start of War; Kitchener: The "Shell Scandal": Compulsion; The U.S.A. and the War; Northcliffe, Asquith, and Lloyd George; Newspapers and Young Men; Wireless and an American Trip; Riviera Lessons in Life and News; The World Tour; The Pyrenees Holiday: "Watch Beaverbrook"; Last Newspaper Activities: Women and Journalism; The German Visit and After; The Death of "The Chief".