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The Godfather of Tabloid. Generoso Pope Jr. and the "National Enquirer".
Jack Vitek
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Description for The Godfather of Tabloid. Generoso Pope Jr. and the "National Enquirer".
The supermarket tabloid's origin can be traced to one man: Generoso Pope Jr (1921-1988), an eccentric, domineering chain-smoker who died of a heart attack at the age of sixty-one. This book explores the life and career of Pope and the founding of the mother of all tabloids, the "National Enquirer". Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 558.
They're impossible to miss at grocery stores and newsstands in America: colorful, heavily illustrated tabloid newspapers with headlines promising shocking, unlikely, and sometimes impossible stories within. Although ubiquitous now, the supermarket tabloid's origin can be traced to one man: Generoso Pope Jr. (1921--1988), an eccentric, domineering chain-smoker who died of a heart attack at the age of sixty-one. In The Godfather of Tabloid, Jack Vitek explores the life and career of Pope and the founding of the mother of all tabloids, the National Enquirer. Upon graduating from MIT, Pope worked briefly for the CIA until he purchased the New York ... Read more
They're impossible to miss at grocery stores and newsstands in America: colorful, heavily illustrated tabloid newspapers with headlines promising shocking, unlikely, and sometimes impossible stories within. Although ubiquitous now, the supermarket tabloid's origin can be traced to one man: Generoso Pope Jr. (1921--1988), an eccentric, domineering chain-smoker who died of a heart attack at the age of sixty-one. In The Godfather of Tabloid, Jack Vitek explores the life and career of Pope and the founding of the mother of all tabloids, the National Enquirer. Upon graduating from MIT, Pope worked briefly for the CIA until he purchased the New York ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813125039
SKU
V9780813125039
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99-18
About Jack Vitek
Jack Vitek is associate professor of journalism and English at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. For many years, he was a professional journalist working for numerous publications, including the Washington Daily News, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsday. He is coauthor of Idol Rock Hudson.
Reviews for The Godfather of Tabloid. Generoso Pope Jr. and the "National Enquirer".
An entertaining look at this colorful and quintessentially American character. Vitek's will be the enduring study of Pope and the supermarket tabloid culture he spawned. - DENNIS McDOUGAL, author of The Last Mogul