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The Man Time Forgot: A Tale of Genius, Betrayal, and the Creation of Time Magazine Isaiah Wilner, Harper Collins Press, 2006.
Henry R. Luce is most often associated with the Time magazine empire; however, he was actually the sidekick to a more luminous character whose name is not widely known. The Man Time Forgot: A Tale of Genius, Betrayal, and the Creation of Time Magazine by Isaiah Wilner is a most memorable account of the short, prolific life of Briton Hadden, a man who certainly should be a household name. In this biography, Wilner traces the curious partnership, demonstrating how Hadden was the vivacious idea man who overshadowed the stodgier Luce throughout their long, culture-altering alliance. As Hadden's social opposite, pragmatic, shy, and less confident, Luce admired and envied Hadden's creative brilliance....