Joseph Pulitzer: He Kept the Lady in New York - Episode 41

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, was one of America’s most influential men. 

In addition to being known for his newspapers, Pulitzer sometimes created the news, such as when he sponsored Nellie Bly’s 72-day trip around the world in 1889.  Bly’s trip was a fanciful challenge to Jules Verne’s work of fiction titled Around the World in 80 Days.

But there is something else that Pulitzer accomplished with his newspapers, and it over-shadowed the newspaper empire that gave it life, and yet today, few people know of, or appreciate what he did.

Stories from History’s Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical short stories.  These are the nuggets of gold that had fallen by the wayside… the little known and unusual.  Many of these gems were destined to be forever lost until they were collected, dusted off and brought back to life by author Wayne Winterton.

Each podcast episode features one of over 450 short stories from either Winterton’s Award-Winning Stories from Dust Bin series* or the companion volume, From Ace to Zamboni: 101 More Dust Bin Stories, as narrated by either the author or his son, William, or daughter, Jana.

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