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Friends, collaborators, and childhood rivals, Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce were not yet twenty-five when they started
Time, the first newsmagazine, at the outset of the Roaring Twenties. By age thirty, they were both millionaires, having laid the foundation for a media empire. But their partnership was explosive and their competition ferocious, fueled by envy as well as love. When Hadden died at the age of thirty-one, Luce began to meticulously bury the legacy of the giant he was never able to best.
In this groundbreaking, stylish, and passionate biography, Isaiah Wilner paints a fascinating portrait of Briton Hadden—genius and visionary—and presents the first full account of the birth of Time, while offering a provocative reappraisal of Henry R. Luce, arguably the most significant media figure of the twentieth century.
Isaiah Wilner is a writer for New York magazine. He attended Yale University and was editor in chief of the Yale Daily News. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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“An intriguing and depressing tale, related with great skill and compassion.” Kirkus Reviews
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“Biography at its best and most compelling.” The Portland Tribune
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“This fascinating book uncovers a media scandal that was buried for almost 80 years...groundbreaking biography.” Tucson Citizen
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“Deeply-researched . . . media-watchers will revel in this.” Fortune
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“his scintillating biography...is a perceptive psychological study and cultural history, with a touch of ink-stained romanticism.” Publishers Weekly
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“a riveting narrative…part THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, part CITIZEN KANE...skillful storytelling.” Wall Street Journal
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“Illuminating.” The New Yorker
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“With access to the Time archive, Wilner offers...the excitement of a new media enterprise launched...by two fascinating figures. Booklist
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“[a] remarkable book….Mr. Wilner makes his case convincingly” The New York Sun
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“a breezy, readable…study of two smart, driven men and their complicated partnership…Wilners book provides a welcome, engaging corrective.” Providence Journal
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“this [is] David McCullough-style ‘interesting history...a strenuous intellectual enterprise.” Deseret News
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“[Britton Haddens] precocious rise and then gradual effacement is the fascinating story of Isaiah Wilners The Man Time Forgot.” New York Times Book Review
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“The author fleshes out his subject with plenty of detailed description. This is biography at its best and most compelling.” The Portland Tribune
About the Author
Isaiah Wilner is a writer for New York magazine. He attended Yale University and was editor in chief of the Yale Daily News. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.