The Man Time Forgot : A Tale of Genius, Betrayal, and the Creation of Time Magazine
Author(s): Isaiah Wilner
Friends, collaborators, and childhood rivals, Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce were not yet twenty-five when they started Time, the first newsmagazine, at the outset of the Roaring Twenties. By age thirty, they were both millionaires, having laid the foundation for a media empire. But their partnership was explosive and their competition ferocious, fueled by envy as well as love. When Hadden died at the age of thirty-one, Luce began to meticulously bury the legacy of the giant he was never able to best.
In this groundbreaking, stylish, and passionate biography, Isaiah Wilner paints a fascinating portrait of Briton Hadden—genius and visionary—and presents the first full account of the birth of Time, while offering a provocative reappraisal of Henry R. Luce, arguably the most significant media figure of the twentieth century.
Isaiah Wilner is a writer for New York magazine. He attended Yale University and was editor in chief of the Yale Daily News. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Review(s):
“a riveting narrative…part THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, part CITIZEN KANE...skillful storytelling.”
“[Britton Hadden’s] precocious rise and then gradual effacement is the fascinating story of Isaiah Wilner’s The Man Time Forgot.”
“The author fleshes out his subject with plenty of detailed description. This is biography at its best and most compelling.”
“Biography at its best and most compelling.”
“[a] remarkable book….Mr. Wilner makes his case convincingly”
“Illuminating.”
“Deeply-researched . . . media-watchers will revel in this.”
“this [is] David McCullough-style ‘interesting history’...a strenuous intellectual enterprise.”
“This fascinating book uncovers a media scandal that was buried for almost 80 years...groundbreaking biography.”
“a breezy, readable…study of two smart, driven men and their complicated partnership…Wilner’s book provides a welcome, engaging corrective.”
ISBN: 9780060505509