Hearst's San Simeon

Hearst's San Simeon
Title Hearst's San Simeon PDF eBook
Author Victoria Kastner
Publisher
Pages 248
Release 2009-05
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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A decadeslong collaboration between publisher William Randolph Hearst and architect Julia Morgan produced the formal terraces, swimming pools, and plants and sculptures that occupy the 120 acres of gardens and 450 square miles of coastland of San Simeon, now a California State Park. Their extensive correspondence reveals a captivating working relationship with shared concerns over every aspect of the enormous project. Hearst Castle historian Kastner's (Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House) biography of a man and of an estate is also a social study of the periodthe famous and infamous Hollywood figures who peopled the house and its grounds, the lavish lifestyle, and the mythical tales about its owner. The superb photos by Garagliano, photographer at San Simeon since 1994, capture some of the elegant views, the vast array of buildings, and the myriad details. This work of visual delight should whet the appetite for a visit to the real thing.Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Murder at San Simeon

Murder at San Simeon
Title Murder at San Simeon PDF eBook
Author Patricia Hearst
Publisher Scribner Book Company
Pages 296
Release 1996
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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This entertaining novel, based on an actual unsolved murder involving William Randolph Hearst, is co-authored by Heart's granddaughter, Patricia. Catha Kinsolving Burke is shocked to overhear her grandmother's name in connection with a 70-year-old murder. Her quest to uncover the truth about the incident plunges Catha back into the Hollywood of the roaring '20s.

Hearst Castle, San Simeon

Hearst Castle, San Simeon
Title Hearst Castle, San Simeon PDF eBook
Author Thomas Aidala
Publisher
Pages 248
Release 1981
Genre Architecture
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Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle
Title Hearst Castle PDF eBook
Author Victoria Kastner
Publisher
Pages 248
Release 2000-11
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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Illustrated here are the Castle's Spanish ceilings and other architectural fragments, medieval tapestries, Renissance furniture, nineteenth-century sculpture, and wide-ranging examples of European decorative arts, including ceramics, metalworks, textiles, and more."--BOOK JACKET.

The Chief

The Chief
Title The Chief PDF eBook
Author David Nasaw
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 676
Release 2013-08-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0547524722

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The definitive and “utterly absorbing” biography of America’s first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Vanity Fair). William Randolph Hearst, known to his staff as the Chief, was a brilliant business strategist and a man of prodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and thirteen magazines. He quickly learned how to use this media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power. The son of a gold miner, Hearst underwent a public metamorphosis from Harvard dropout to political kingmaker; from outspoken populist to opponent of the New Deal; and from citizen to congressman. In The Chief, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of the man famously characterized in the classic film Citizen Kane. With unprecedented access to Hearst’s personal and business papers, Nasaw details Heart’s relationship with his wife Millicent and his romance with Marion Davies; his interactions with Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, and every American president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt; and his acquaintance with movie giants such as Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg. An “absorbing, sympathetic portrait of an American original,” The Chief sheds light on the private life of a very public man (Chicago Tribune).

Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle
Title Hearst Castle PDF eBook
Author Nancy E. Loe
Publisher
Pages 100
Release 1994
Genre Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument (Calif.)
ISBN 9780944197271

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The Hearsts

The Hearsts
Title The Hearsts PDF eBook
Author William Randolph Hearst (Jr.)
Publisher Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Pages 492
Release 1991
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781879373044

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Spotlighting the career of William, Jr., this fascinating memoir--one that holds a mirror up to the "American Century" and an unforgettable family who did so much to define it--tells the extraordinary story of the Hearsts and their empire. More than 100 photographs.