The Man Time Forgot: A Tale of Genius, Betrayal and the Creation of "Time" Magazine - Hardcover

Wilner, Isaiah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060505494 ISBN 13: 9780060505493

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

Synopsis

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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Review

"Biography at its best and most compelling." -- The Portland Tribune

"a riveting narrative.part THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, part CITIZEN KANE...skillful storytelling." -- Wall Street Journal

"a breezy, readable.study of two smart, driven men and their complicated partnership.Wilner's book provides a welcome, engaging corrective." -- Providence Journal

"[a] remarkable book..Mr. Wilner makes his case convincingly" -- The New York Sun

"Illuminating." -- The New Yorker

"The author fleshes out his subject with plenty of detailed description. This is biography at its best and most compelling."--The Portland Tribune

"[Britton Hadden's] precocious rise and then gradual effacement is the fascinating story of Isaiah Wilner's The Man Time Forgot."--New York Times Book Review

"his scintillating biography...is a perceptive psychological study and cultural history, with a touch of ink-stained romanticism."--Publishers Weekly

"a breezy, readable...study of two smart, driven men and their complicated partnership...Wilner's book provides a welcome, engaging corrective."--Providence Journal

"Illuminating."--The New Yorker

Synopsis

Traces the controversial origins of "Time" magazine, revealing how it was created in 1923 by twenty-five-year-old Briton Hadden, whose work was claimed by friend and rival Henry R. Luce upon Hadden's death six years later.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060505494
• ISBN 13: 9780060505493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 354