War of Words: A True Tale of Newsprint and Murder
Read, Simon
ISBN 10: 1402756127 ISBN 13: 9781402756122
Published by Union Square Press, 2009
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When the news business was literally a matter of life and death…
A real-life Barbary Coast, War of Words details the bloody birth of the San Francisco Chronicle, when verbal blows traded between two of the town’s most powerful men escalated into violence on the streets of 1880s San Francisco.
Gun-toting newspaper publisher Charles de Young won circulation wars by spilling ink that destroyed political candidates he didn’t like—and Isaac Kalloch, a hellfire preacher whose lust for the ladies equaled his craving to be mayor, was an obvious target. First angry words flew, then bullets, when de Young ambushed Kalloch and shot him. Miraculously, Kalloch survived and won the election, only to see his son enact revenge on his behalf five months later by walking into the newsroom and fatally shooting de Young. The trial lasted 28 days, featured over 200 witnesses and made headlines coast to coast. The verdict? Not guilty, by reason of “justifiable homicide.”
This sensational tale of sex, murder, and muckraking enthralled San Franciscans and is sure to captivate modern readers as well.
About the Author:
Simon Read, a former Bay Area reporter, is the author of On the House: The Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy, In the Dark: The True Story of the Blackout Ripper and The Killing Skies: RAF Bomber Command at War. For more information, see www.simon-read.com.
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