Walter Winchell Gossip Power & the Culture of Celebrity
Neal Gabler
None pages, Paperback
ISBN: 033364963X
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1996
BiographyBiography MemoirHistoryJournalismNonfictionPoliticsWorld War II
Through the figure of Broadway hack, Walter Winchell, this book builds a picture of the influence of the media on popular culture and history. Winchell made and broke people in the public eye and supported or disowned political and social issues, until rendered impotent by the advent of television.