The godfather of tabloid : Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer / Jack Vitek.
The godfather of tabloid : Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer / Jack Vitek.
The godfather of tabloid : Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer / Jack Vitek.
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Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
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N070.5092/37
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English
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Physical content
viii, 290 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Contents
The man in perspective -- Family connections -- Kid Wheeler-Dealer -- Friends in low places -- From gore to groceries -- A second start -- Rocketing up -- Perfecting the formula -- Lantana 33464 -- The million-dollar tree : ho! ho! ho! -- Washington garbage -- Manufacturing "truth" -- The peak of ta...
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Publisher
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
Place of Publication
Kentucky
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"They're hard to miss at grocery stores and newsstands in America - the colorful, heavily illustrated tabloid newspapers with headlines promising shocking, unlikely, and sometimes impossible stories within. Although the papers are now ubiquitous, the supermarket tabloid's origin can be traced to one man: Generoso Pope Jr., an eccentric, domineering...
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The godfather of tabloid : Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer / Jack Vitek.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-283) and index.
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c2008.
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N070.5092/37
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74VMbRWbQdBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbRWbQdBO
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ISBN
0813125030 (acid-free paper)
9780813125039 (acidfree paper)
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070.5092 B
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991000766769702626
