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245 14 a| The magnificent Medills :b| America's royal family of journalism during a century of turbulent splendor /c| Megan McKinney.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| HarperCollins Publishers,c| 2011.;

300 a| xi, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, genealogical table ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-432) and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- Fertile soil -- The patriarch -- Joseph Medill and the making of the president 1860 -- The great Chicago fire : Mayor Medill's personal phoenix -- The worst two she-devils in all of Chicago -- The Medill sisters' upward scramble -- Cissy comes of age -- The male cousins : heirs, pawns, victims, survivors -- Cissy : debutante countess -- Dynasty in jeopardy -- The countess and her admirers -- World War I and the creation of Colonel Robert R. McCormick -- The Jazz Age collides with The Chicago tribune -- The rise of the New York daily news : love, sex, money and murder -- The Cartier life -- The colonel of Chicagoland -- The editor wore emeralds : Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson's Washington herald -- Alicia Patterson, surrogate son -- The bittersweet revenge of Alicia's Newsday -- Hubris : FDR and the McCormick-Patterson axis -- The cousins in winter -- Epilogue: after the Medill century.;

520 a| The riveting story of the country's first media dynasty, the Medills of Chicago, whose power and influence shaped the story of American and American journalism for four generations.;

600 10 a| Medill, Joseph,d| 1823-1899.=| ^A47934;

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600 10 a| McCormick, Robert R.q| (Robert Rutherford),d| 1880-1955=| ^A25611;

600 10 a| Patterson, Eleanor Medill,d| 1881-1948.=| ^A61229;

600 10 a| Patterson, Alicia,d| 1906-1963.=| ^A1079296;

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The magnificent Medills : America's royal family of journalism during a century of turbulent splendor / Megan McKinney.

Author/creator	McKinney, Megan
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
Description	xi, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Subjects	Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899. McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955 Patterson, Eleanor Medill, 1881-1948. Patterson, Alicia, 1906-1963. Newspaper editors--United States. --Biography. Publishers and publishing--United States. --Biography. Journalists--United States. --Biography. Newspaper publishing--United States. --History. --19th century. Newspaper publishing--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents	Preface -- Fertile soil -- The patriarch -- Joseph Medill and the making of the president 1860 -- The great Chicago fire : Mayor Medill's personal phoenix -- The worst two she-devils in all of Chicago -- The Medill sisters' upward scramble -- Cissy comes of age -- The male cousins : heirs, pawns, victims, survivors -- Cissy : debutante countess -- Dynasty in jeopardy -- The countess and her admirers -- World War I and the creation of Colonel Robert R. McCormick -- The Jazz Age collides with The Chicago tribune -- The rise of the New York daily news : love, sex, money and murder -- The Cartier life -- The colonel of Chicagoland -- The editor wore emeralds : Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson's Washington herald -- Alicia Patterson, surrogate son -- The bittersweet revenge of Alicia's Newsday -- Hubris : FDR and the McCormick-Patterson axis -- The cousins in winter -- Epilogue: after the Medill century.
Abstract	The riveting story of the country's first media dynasty, the Medills of Chicago, whose power and influence shaped the story of American and American journalism for four generations.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-432) and index.
LCCN	2011009989
ISBN	9780061782237
ISBN	0061782238

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