One of the most colorful and important figures of turn-of-the-century America, was William Randolph Hearst, fictionalized as Charles Foster Kane in Orson Welles' classic film 'Citizen Kane.' This authoritative account of Hearst's extraordinary career in newspaper and politics provides a fascinating reassessment of the man who changed the face of American journalism and whose influence extends to the present day. Born to great wealth -- his father was a partial owner of four fabulously rich mines...