"Joseph Pulitzer is better known today for the prize that bears his name than his contributions to history. That's a shame. In the 19th century, when America became an industrial nation and Carnegie pr..."

"Hungary and by the time he's 17 years old, he's had to endure the death of his father and seven out of his eight siblings. Puler's father is going to die of tuberculosis when he's 47 years old. But wh..."

"in its third year. Soldiers were dying at a rate of 13,000 a month, and the government had instituted a draft to meet the insatiable demand for more men. To meet the quota, a group of wealthy Bostonon..."

"arguments once he's a newspaper publisher and literally draws a gun and shoots at people. There are multiple fist fights in this book as a result of the stuff that is published in his newspaper. But w..."

"also owned a newspaper. And so he observed how hardworking and industrious Joseph Pulitzer was. And this is how Pulitzer is going to get his start in the newspaper industry. He says, "Pulitzer learned..."

"skills, the quick wit of his mind, the energy you feel when you're in his presence. He's a very formidable individual. And so now Joseph gets to work handinhand with two very successful, much older pe..."

"paces of his retreat, Augustine had raised his fist. Pulitzer withdrew a pistol and fired. Incredibly, he missed his massive target. Pulitzer then pulled the trigger again, but the barrel of the gun w..."

"of a century worth of wages for a skilled worker. And then almost immediately he does another clever move. So it says Pulitzer spotted a journalistic business opportunity. The collapse of the banking ..."

"reorganize bankrupt systems. Hill came from freight, warehousing, and transportation logistics. So when he finally got control of a railroad, he understood the customer, the cargo, the routes, the cos..."

"I would pass by on my way home between 11 and 12:00 at night, and he was always there. No matter how late he worked, Pulitzer always arrived at the office in the early morning to examine the papers vi..."

"money is made in the morning, dummy. What are you doing?" Pulitzer saw that that was going to change, and he made a big bet. The flagging fortunes of the three evening papers discouraged other people ..."

"shall not employ. It refuses to be instructed as to how to measure its type, feed its press, or be limited to the number of apprentices that it should take into the office. Simply put, Pulitzer was a ..."

"He said, "It is by argument that I measure a man his shortcomings, his possession or lack of logic, and above all whether he has the courage of his convictions. For no man can long work for me with sa..."

"newspaper. And so the way he does this, he says, "Hey, if it doesn't matter if you give a penny, if you give two pennies to this, every single person that donates, I will print your name in my newspap..."

"experiences for 20 years. A giant intelligence eternally condemned to the darkest of dungeons. a caged eagle furiously belaboring the bars. So even though he never works in the office again, he's just..."