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The Last Newspaperman : a Novel by Mark Di Ionno is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Last Newspaperman : a Novel about?

The Last Newspaperman is a story about tabloid journalism in the 1920s and 30s, and how it created the crime-saturated and celebrity-obsessed media we have today. Author Di Ionnoaward-winning columnist for The Star-Ledger, New Jerseys largest newspaperwill make numerous personal appearances in support of the novels national launch this fall. While much of the action is set in New Jersey in the 1930s, The Last Newspaperman is not strictly a historical novel, Di Ionno said. My goal was to connect the past with the contemporary, sensationalist media that dominates the airwaves, newsstands, and internet. The novels fictional protagonist is Frederick Haines, a one-time star tabloid reporter for the New York Daily Mirror now nearing the end of his life. A young reporter on assignment listens with rapt attention as Haines gives him the back stories on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the Hindenburg disaster, the deadly Morro Castle cruise ship fire, and the hysteria that followed Orson Welless War of the Worlds broadcast.

Who reads The Last Newspaperman : a Novel?

Author

Mark Di Ionno

Publisher

Plexus Publishing, Inc. [USA]

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781451651102

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.91 / 5 (56 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14