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William Randolph Hearst (Part 1)

How to Take Over the World

CHAPTER

The Pranksters

When William is 10 years old, his mother takes him on an 18 month tour of Europe. He learns French and German and becomes obsessed with trying to collect antiques. But when they get back, they find that they do not have a house. They are still in a certain social class, right? So they're broke. And then again, it's really more like four or five years later when William is 14 or 15, George finally strikes it big, big.

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