Code: 04935639

Ohio's Kingmaker

Name: Ohio's Kingmaker
Brand: Ohio University Press
SKU: 04935639
Price: 66.65 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: William T. Horner
ISBN: 9780821418932

by William T. Horner

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 360
Publisher: Ohio University Press, 2010
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Book synopsis

For a decade straddling the turn of the twentieth century, Mark Hanna was one of the most famous men in America. Portrayed as the puppet master controlling the weak-willed William McKinley, Hanna was loved by most Republicans and reviled by Democrats, in large part because of the way he was portrayed by the media of the day. Newspapers and other media outlets that supported McKinley reported positively about Hanna, but those sympathetic to William Jennings Bryan, the Democrats' presidential nominee in 1896 and 1900, attacked Hanna far more aggressively than they attacked McKinley himself. Their portrayal of Hanna was wrong, but powerful, and this negative image of him survives to this day. In this study of Mark Hanna's career in presidential politics, William T. Horner demonstrates the flaws inherent in the way the news media cover politics. He deconstructs the myths that surround Hanna and demonstrates the dangerous and long-lasting effect that inaccurate reporting can have on our understanding of politics. When Karl Rove emerged as the political adviser to George W. Bush's presidential campaigns, reporters quickly began to compare Rove to Hanna even a century after Hanna's death. The two men played vastly different roles for the presidents they served, but modern reporters consistently described Rove as the second coming of Mark Hanna, another political Svengali. "Ohio's Kingmaker" is a compelling story about a fascinating character in American politics and serves to remind us of the power of (mis)perceptions.