Burton J. Hendrick
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Burton Jesse Hendrick born in New Haven, Connecticut. While attending Yale University
, Hendrick was editor of both The Yale Courant and The Yale Literary Magazine. He received his BA in 1895 and his master's in 1897 from Yale. After completing his degree work, Hendrick became editor of the New Haven Morning News. In 1905, after writing for The New York Evening Post and The New York Sun, BJH left newspapers and became a "muckraker
" writing for McClure's Magazine. His "The Story of Life-Insurance" expose appeared in McClure's in 1906. Following his career at McClure's, Hendrick went to work in 1913 at Walter Hines Page
's World's Work
magazine as an associate editor. In 1919, Hendrick began writing biographies, when he was the ghostwriter
of Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
for Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
.
He won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize
for The Victory at Sea which he co-authored with William Sowden Sims, the 1923 Pulitzer Prize
for The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page and again in 1929
for The Training of An American. Hendrick wrote the Age of Big Business in 1919, using a series of individual biographies, as an enthusiastic look at the foundation of the corporation in America and the rapid rise of the United States as a world power. After completing the commissioned biography of Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Hendrick turned to writing "group biographies". There is an obvious gap in the later works published by Mr. Hendrick between 1940 and 1946 which is explained by his work on a biography on Andrew Mellon, which was commissioned by the Mellon family, but never published.
At the time of his death, Burton J. Hendrick was working on a biography of Louise Whitfield Carnegie
, the wife of Andrew Carnegie
.
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Hendrick was editor of both The Yale Courant and The Yale Literary Magazine. He received his BA in 1895 and his master's in 1897 from Yale. After completing his degree work, Hendrick became editor of the New Haven Morning News. In 1905, after writing for The New York Evening Post and The New York Sun, BJH left newspapers and became a "muckraker
Muckraker
The term muckraker is closely associated with reform-oriented journalists who wrote largely for popular magazines, continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting, and emerged in the United States after 1900 and continued to be influential until World War I, when through a combination...
" writing for McClure's Magazine. His "The Story of Life-Insurance" expose appeared in McClure's in 1906. Following his career at McClure's, Hendrick went to work in 1913 at Walter Hines Page
Walter Hines Page
Walter Hines Page was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I.-Biography:...
's World's Work
World's Work
World's Work was a monthly magazine which celebrated the American way of life and its expanded role on the world stage. In 1932 it was purchased by and merged into the journal Review of Reviews. It was founded in 1900 and edited by Walter Hines Page until 1913 when his son Arthur W...
magazine as an associate editor. In 1919, Hendrick began writing biographies, when he was the ghostwriter
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...
of Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story is the title of the published memoirs of Henry Morgenthau, Sr. covering the time when he was Woodrow Wilson's American ambassador to Constantinople, 1913-1916. The book took over two years to complete. The ghostwriter for Henry Morgenthau was Burton J. Hendrick...
for Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
Henry Morgenthau was a lawyer, businessman and United States ambassador, most famous as the American ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. He was father of the politician Henry Morgenthau, Jr. and the grandfather of Robert M. Morgenthau, who was the District Attorney of...
.
He won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize
1921 Pulitzer Prize
-Journalism awards:*Public Service:**Boston Post, for its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest.*Reporting:**Louis Seibold of New York World, for an interview with Woodrow Wilson....
for The Victory at Sea which he co-authored with William Sowden Sims, the 1923 Pulitzer Prize
1923 Pulitzer Prize
-Journalism awards:*Public Service:**Memphis Commercial Appeal, for its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the Ku Klux Klan.*Reporting:...
for The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page and again in 1929
1929 Pulitzer Prize
-Journalism awards:*Public Service:**New York Evening World For its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb "ambulance chasers," support of the "fence" bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent perjury and eliminate politics from...
for The Training of An American. Hendrick wrote the Age of Big Business in 1919, using a series of individual biographies, as an enthusiastic look at the foundation of the corporation in America and the rapid rise of the United States as a world power. After completing the commissioned biography of Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Hendrick turned to writing "group biographies". There is an obvious gap in the later works published by Mr. Hendrick between 1940 and 1946 which is explained by his work on a biography on Andrew Mellon, which was commissioned by the Mellon family, but never published.
At the time of his death, Burton J. Hendrick was working on a biography of Louise Whitfield Carnegie
Louise Whitfield Carnegie
Louise Whitfield Carnegie was the wife of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.Daughter of New York City merchant John D. Whitfield, Louise was born in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan...
, the wife of Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century...
.
Books
- 1919 Ambassador Morgenthau's StoryAmbassador Morgenthau's StoryAmbassador Morgenthau's Story is the title of the published memoirs of Henry Morgenthau, Sr. covering the time when he was Woodrow Wilson's American ambassador to Constantinople, 1913-1916. The book took over two years to complete. The ghostwriter for Henry Morgenthau was Burton J. Hendrick...
- 1921 Age of Big Business
- 1923 Life and Letters of Walter H Page
- 1923 The Jews in America
- 1924 Biography of William Crawford Gorgas
- 1928 The Training Of An American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H Page
- 1932 The Life of Andrew Carnegie
- 1935 The Lees of Virginia: Biography of a Family
- 1937 Bulwark of the Republic, A Biography of the Constitution
- 1939 Statesmen of the Lost Cause: Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet
- 1946 Lincoln's War Cabinet