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    James McGrath Morris
    James McGrath Morris
    James McGrath Morris
    Audiobook7 minutes

    James McGrath Morris

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    About this audiobook

    PBS Newshour’s Jeffrey Brown talks to biographer James McGrath Morris – a former Missourinet reporter – about Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, his biography on Joseph Pulitzer, the media baron who helped shape the news business.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateFeb 24, 2010
    ISBN9781987105681
    James McGrath Morris

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