BIOGRAPHIES
Whitelaw, Nancy

Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World

(4) YA Makers of the Media series. This concise biography traces Pulitzer's life from his early years as an impoverished Hungarian immigrant to his success as a newspaper publisher who helped redefine American journalism for the twentieth century. The text adequately explores Pulitzer's public persona, but requires some reading between the lines in order to attempt to understand the private lives of the eccentric millionaire and his family. Bib., ind.

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