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The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863.. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the Examiner converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the newspaper ...
The Boarded Window. " The Boarded Window: An Incident in the Life of an Ohio Pioneer " is a short story by American Civil War soldier and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on April 12, 1891, and was reprinted the same year in Bierce's collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. [1]
Publication and reception. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was first published in the July 13, 1890, issue of The San Francisco Examiner and collected in the compilation Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). Editors of a modern compilation described the story as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American ...
William Randolph Hearst Sr. ( / hɜːrst /; [1] April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher, and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and ...
Moxon's Master. " Moxon's Master " is a short story by American writer Ambrose Bierce, which speculates on the nature of life and intelligence. It describes a chess -playing automaton that murders its creator. First published in The San Francisco Examiner on April 16, 1899, it is one of the first descriptions of a robot in English-language ...
Battle of Nashville. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 [2] – c. 1914 [3]) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. [4]
Hearst Corporation, the parent company of the Examiner, bought the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000. The Chronicle was the other major daily paper for the San Francisco Bay Area. Hearst already owned the Examiner and chose to merge the two newsrooms. Bronstein became senior vice president and executive editor of the Chronicle in November 2000.
Tales of the City is a series of ten novels written by American author Armistead Maupin from 1978 to 2024, depicting the life of a group of friends in San Francisco, many of whom are LGBT. The stories from Tales were originally serialized prior to their novelization, with the first four titles appearing as regular installments in the San ...