Clyde E. Palmer: Arkansas Newspaper Publisher

Clyde E. Palmer: Arkansas Newspaper Publisher began as a thesis by Lawrence J. Bracken, a student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Bracken’s extensive research over several years traces the career and impact of Palmer, a force in American journalism for nearly 50 years until his death in 1957.

Palmer, an enterprising Arkansas newspaper publisher, engineered a conglomerate of media properties that was uncommon in his era. He was a successful businessperson and became a pioneer of...