Filson Young

Filson Young: The first media man (1876-1938), by Silvester Mazzarella

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Part 1: Puck to the rescue
(1876-1900)

FY develops his career. He begins as a composer and music reviewer. But he soon switches his attention and becomes a war correspondent. Typically, he is soon mingling with the great. Perhaps his ambition flows in part from the social ambiguity of his childhood.

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