Richard J. Tofel

Richard J. Tofel
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Dick Tofel is general manager of Propublica, an investigative reporting venture, and previously was assistant managing editor and assistant publisher of the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of SOUNDING THE TRUMPET (2005) about JFK’s inaugural address; VANISHING POINT (2004) about the disappearance of Judge Crater; A LEGEND IN THE MAKING (2002) about the 1939 Yankees; and RESTLESS GENIUS (2009) about Barney Kilgore and the shaping of the Wall Street Journal. 


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Eight Weeks in Washington, 1861

Richard J. Tofel
St. Martin's Press

This is a historical look at Abraham Lincoln's transition to the Presidency.


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Restless Genius

Richard J. Tofel
St. Martin's Press

The story of the man who transformed The Wall Street Journal and modern media In 1929, Barney Kilgore, fresh from college in small-town Indiana, took a...


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