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on1259047070 |
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OCoLC |
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20221018151507.0 |
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210706t20222022nyua b 001 0beng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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YDX |
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BDX |
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UKMGB |
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KCK |
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OCLCO |
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UOK |
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FMG |
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OCLCO |
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ON8 |
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NFG |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBC239860 |
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bnb |
| 016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
020510114 |
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Uk |
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1308956102 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781643139364 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1643139363 |
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(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1259047070 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1308956102 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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n-us--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
070.92 |
| Item number |
A781 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Arsenault, Mark, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The imposter's war : |
| Remainder of title |
the press, propaganda, and the newsman who battled for the minds of America / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Mark Arsenault. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Pegasus Books, Ltd., |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2022. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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still image |
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sti |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The imposter -- Bombs, bullets, and bad luck -- Frostbite and dynamite -- Birth of a sensation -- The creation of John Revelstoke Rathom. Part 1, From thin air -- Spies, lies, allies -- Transformation -- Romancing the dictator -- The creation of John Revelstoke Rathom. Part 2, Love, sex, and poison -- Minister without portfolio -- "Idiotic Yankees" -- Good friends/high places -- The creation of John Revelstoke Rathom. Part 3, Tried by fire -- Shock & awe -- Department of Judas -- The only thing we have to smear -- Kompromat -- Out of character -- Genesis of a lie. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The shocking history of the espionage and infiltration of American media during WWI and the man who exposed it. A man who was not who he claimed to be... Russia was not the first foreign power to subvert American popular opinion from inside. In the lead-up to America's entry into the First World War, Germany spent the modern equivalent of one billion dollars to infiltrate American media, industry, and government to undermine the supply chain of the Allied forces. If not for the ceaseless activity of John Revelstoke Rathom, editor of the scrappy Providence Journal, America may have remained committed to its position of neutrality. But Rathom emerged to galvanize American will, contributing to the conditions necessary for President Wilson to request a Declaration of War from Congress--all the while exposing sensational spy plots and getting German diplomats expelled from the U.S. And yet John Rathom was not even his real name. His swashbuckling biography was outrageous fiction. And his many acts of journalistic heroism, which he recounted to rapt audiences on nationwide speaking tours, never happened. Who then was this great, beloved, and ultimately tragic imposter? In The Imposter's War, Mark Arsenault unearths the truth about Rathom's origins and revisits a surreal and too-little-known passage in American history that reverberates today. The story of John Rathom encompasses the propaganda battle that set America on a course for war. He rose within the editorial ranks, surviving romantic scandals and combative rivals, eventually transitioning from an editor to a de facto spy. He brought to light the Huerta plot (in which Germany tried to push the United States and Mexico into a war) and helped to upend labor strikes organized by German agents to shut down American industry. Rathom was eventually brought low by an up-and-coming political star by the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Arsenault tracks the rise and fall of this enigmatic figure, while providing the rich and fascinating context of Germany's acts of subterfuge through the early years of World War I. The Imposter's War is a riveting and spellbinding narrative of a flawed newsman who nevertheless changed the course of history. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rathom, John, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1868-1923. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Journalists |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
59780 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World War, 1914-1918 |
| General subdivision |
Press coverage |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
327118 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World War, 1914-1918 |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Public opinion. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World War, 1914-1918 |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Propaganda. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Impostors and imposture |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
236204 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Press and politics |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Propaganda, American |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
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lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
870 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
