num_pages: 640
description: This is the acclaimed biography of a giant of American journalism. As editor-publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Robert R. McCormick came to personify his city. Drawing on McCormick's personal papers and years of research, Richard Norton Smith has written the definitive life of the towering figure known as The Colonel.
language: English
title: The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955
titlecomplete: The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955
characters: Robert R. McCormick
genres: History, American History, Biography, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 38
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Goldsmith Book Prize
publisher: Northwestern University Press