Frank M. O’Brien’s The Story of the Sun (1918) is a history of one of America’s most celebrated newspapers, the New York Sun, from its founding in 1833 through the early twentieth century. O’Brien recounts the editors, reporters, and famous episodes that made the paper a fixture of the penny press.
The book covers landmark moments of American journalism, including the paper’s notable editorials and its place in the fierce competition of New York newspapers. It is a lively chronicle of the people and rivalries behind a great metropolitan daily. Download the free EPUB of this classic newspaper history.