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Legacy: Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg Book

Few biographers convey their subjects' business abilities and personalities with equal acuity, but Washington-based journalist Christopher Ogden has done just that in this accomplished portrait of Moses Annenberg (1877-1942) and his son, Walter. Depicting Prussian-born Moe's rise in American publishing, Ogden captures the innovative circulation gimmicks and bare-knuckled competitive tactics that fueled the success of newspapers like the The Inquirer in Philadelphia and the Daily Racing Form (the Annenbergs' cash cow). He also unsparingly but sympathetically depicts Moe's terrible temper and willed blindness to the shadiness of some of his business practices and associates, which led to a two-year jail stint for tax evasion before he came home to die. Spoiled only son Walter, born in 1908, didn't really grow up until his father's conviction shocked him into finally focusing on the family assets, which he further enhanced by creating such pioneering niche publications as Seventeen and TV Guide. Ogden nails Walter's complex character as well, doing particularly well in evaluating the younger Annenberg's famous philanthropy--partly the result of his mother's nurturing and partly a burning desire to justify his father's choices and remove any taint from his legacy. A pleasing combination of colorful history and moving father-son drama. --Wendy Smith Read More

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  • Product Description

    Legacy is a sweeping epic of the creation, loss, and redemption of a familys name and reputation. Moses Annenberg was a shoeless immigrant who became the king of horse-racing news and a Hearst-trained newspaper publisher. His only son, Walter, now one of this countrys most generous philanthropists, was a stuttering playboy who rescued the family empire for his mother and seven sisters. He launched Seventeen and TV Guide, and ultimately amassed one of the nations greatest fortunes and private art collections. Unauthorized, but with unprecedented access to the Annenberg family, their private papers, and financial records.

  • 0316633798
  • 9780316633796
  • Chris Ogden
  • 31 December 1998
  • Little, Brown and Company
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 624
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