{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61168564926b7100124612a7/61e5b7ad956d570012a82956?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Silver King George Hearst","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61168564926b7100124612a7/1642445001194-51c4343a495e522aa0dd0cd0ee4c4be8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Prospector, tycoon, westerner, politician, father, and husband, George Hearst was a man of his time and as Matthew Bernstein relates, an part of the Gilded Age. In his biography, Bernstein traces Hearst's life from his Missouri childhood to the booms and busts of his mining career. As the father of William Randolph Hearst, George left quite a legacy.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Essential Reading</u>:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806169354/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0806169354&amp;linkId=d5beb25d5fea3afe8f876d57cf1ea0e5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Bernstein, <em>George Hearst: Silver King of the Gilded Age</em> (2021).</a></p><p><br></p><p><u>Recommended Reading</u>:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618154469/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0618154469&amp;linkId=a38c2363aeda925946f2225eacf6db35\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">David Nasaw,<em> The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst</em> (2000).</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0883659700/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0883659700&amp;linkId=dff55cc68a2a81716f58ab48aae3928c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">W. A. Swanberg, <em>Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst </em>(1963).</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0874133831/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0874133831&amp;linkId=baea32fce9fc2bd917d0185ed4f92c5a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Judith Robinson, <em>The Hearsts: An American Dynasty</em> (1991).</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1496202279/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1496202279&amp;linkId=16cd37ed4f5be9d90103addbcf256f6e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra Nickless, <em>Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics</em> (2018).</a></p>","author_name":"Michael Patrick Cullinane"}