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Virginia Irwin (1908–1980) was an American Second World War war correspondent who worked for Joseph Pulitzer. [1] A photo of her with the headline "She Got to Berlin" featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on VE Day, 1945.
On 15 April 2020 the Washington Post listed Hiding in Plain Sight among the top ten bestselling non-fiction books. [1] On April 26 and several other dates, Publishers Weekly (as reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) listed Hiding in Plain Sight as a bestselling book in the category "Adults".
On December 9, 1878, Pulitzer bought the moribund St. Louis Dispatch and merged it with John Dillon's St. Louis Post, forming the St. Louis Post and Dispatch (soon renamed the Post-Dispatch) on December 12. With his own paper, Pulitzer developed his role as a champion of the common man, featuring exposés and a hard-hitting populist approach.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch as Appraised by Ten Distinguished Americans (St. Louis, 1926). Orrick Johns , Time of Our Lives: The Story of My Father and Myself , (New York, 1937). George Sibley Johns , father of the author, was editor of the Post-Dispatch for many years, and was the last of Joseph Pulitzer's "Fighting Editors".
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Viets has a degree in journalism and became a longtime popular media figure in St. Louis.She was a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for twenty-five years, [1] her columns focusing mostly on local issues and human-interest fare.
Richard Lowell Hummel (February 25, 1946 – May 20, 2023) was an American author and sports columnist best known for his work for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Hummel was honored in 2007 with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing. [1]
After the war, Broeg joined the St. Louis Star-Times [3] and then the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1945. [4] He was reportedly the most prolific writer in the history of the Post-Dispatch. [4] He penned his final Post-Dispatch column in 2004. [2] He first covered the St. Louis Browns. [4] He was privy to many important events in baseball history.
The Washington Post called the book "a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage" with "passages in the novel that are lush and beautiful and precise." [1] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called it "brilliant", evoking "anger, joy, and sorrow". [2]