The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955Northwestern University Press, 2003 M02 19 - 637 pages This is the acclaimed biography of a giant of American journalism. As editor-publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Robert R. McCormick came to personify his city. Drawing on McCormick's personal papers and years of research, Richard Norton Smith has written the definitive life of the towering figure known as The Colonel. |
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