"In 1873 twenty-three-year-old Edward H. Butler arrived in Buffalo, New York, to found a newspaper eventually called the Buffalo Evening News. Under the enterprising Butler's aegis the News became one of the most successful newspapers in America, growing along with the thriving city at the end of the Erie Canal, which was expanding rapidly as immigrants poured in and American urbanized. About a century later, in 1977, financial investor Warren E. Buffett, recognizing the value of the paper, bought the Buffalo Evening News, and, to this day, despite competition from large media conglomerates, the Buffalo News (as it is now called) remains a successful independent publication. " "This memoir of the people and events that had a formative influence on a major regional newspaper will capture the attention of anyone interested in the history of one of America's great independent presses. "--Jacket.