Who is Gordon Bennett?

Answer 1

James Gordon Bennett was a Newspaper magnate and something of a ( Donald Trump) type of expatriate Publicity Hound- he lived in Paris much of his life and managed the N.Y. World and the related Parisian paper Le Monde ( means the same thing) It was a matter of some controversy that Mr. Bennett got his picture in on the modern newspaper scene int he four murals of the 9 history of the printed word) in the New York Public Library. Bennett was still alive at the time- and this was ( not done) at the time. the other murals all have religious themes- Moses and the Ten commandments, medieval Monks- The Gutenberg Bible- then the one modern one- the contemporary(l9ll) newspaper scene, from top ( editor) to middle-management ( pressmen and linotype operator- to newsboy on the streets- only problem was Mr. Bennett was visibly portrayed- and he was alive at the time. something of a scandal no relaiton to Navy Pilot Floyd Bennett of airfield fame- he flew with Admiral Byrd.

Answer 2

James Gordon Bennett was a newspaper magnate in the early twentieth century. he also sponsored, as circulation stunts, automobile races and air shows to help fuel the paper"s fame and circulation. Bennett lived most of his footloose life in Paris and may have been the prototype for the ( American In Paris).