IN ALL HIS GLORY The Life of William S. Paley : the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle

Sally Bedell Smith

ISBN 10: 0671617354 / ISBN 13: 9780671617356

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1990

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Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by author on title page. ; 8.9 X 6.7 X 2.2 inches; 782 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IN ALL HIS GLORY The Life of William S. Paley : the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671617354
• ISBN 13: 9780671617356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A portrait of television's greatest tycoon draws from hundreds of interviews, capturing the man behind the scenes

Reviews

Critics always claimed that former CBS Chairman William S. Paley's As it Happened ( LJ 3/15/79) wasn't how it happened. Here Smith, author of Up the Tube: Prime-Time TV and the Silverman Years ( LJ 7/81), offers an objective discussion of the creation of the "Tiffany Network." Paley, Smith asserts, was often resistant to change; newsman Edward R. Murrow and "power behind the throne" Frank Stanton may have molded the media company more than Paley did. Still, Smith also pays tribute to Paley's shrewd, strong personality, even though it sometimes resulted in megalomania and compulsive womanizing. With its mix of business reportage and gossip about a "brilliant circle" that included wife Babe, Truman Capote, Slim Keith, and David O. Selznick, this book should have wide appeal in public libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/90 as Paley: A Life. --Judy Quinn, "Library Journal"
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