ARTHUR BRISBANE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/13/1918 - HFSID 79008
Price: $320.00
ARTHUR BRISBANE
Sent some verses, he volunteers to help get them published.
Typed Letter Signed: "A. Brisbane". 1p. 8½x11, New York Evening Journal letterhead, signed in blue
pencil. New York, New York, 1918 July 13. To: Mr. E. Rubin, Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania. In Full: "My dear Mr. Rubin: Many thanks for allowing me
to read your verses. I have asked the Managing Editor of my own news-paper The
Washington Times to publish them in some con-venient edition. Very truly
yours," Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936) is widely considered one of
the progenitors of modern yellow journalism, with its focus on blaring headlines
and sensational stories, as well as modern newspaper journalism, with its
emphasis on short sentences, eye-catching leads and lots of pictures and photos.
He began his journalism career as a reporter at the New York Sun in
1883. He was made managing editor of William Randolph Hearst's New York
Journal in 1897. He used his position to help foment the Spanish-American
War. Brisbane was also one of the highest-paid newspaper editors of his day
- a fact directly linked to the circulation of the Journal - and his
editorial column Today (1917-1936) was syndicated in over 1,000
newspapers. Horizontal and vertical fold creases. Horizontal and vertical
fold creases affecting signature. Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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