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Kenneth Whyte

Kenneth Whyte
Kenneth Whyte is the author of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst, a Washington Post and Toronto Globe and Mail Book of the Year, and a nominee for four major Canadian book awards. He is a publishing and telecommunications executive and chairman of the Donner Canada Foundation. He was formerly editor in chief of Maclean’s magazine, editor of the monthly Saturday Night magazine, and founding editor of the National Post. He lives in Toronto.


Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

How He Sought to Bring the Figure of the Mining Engineer to the Stage
October 11, 2017  By Kenneth Whyte
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