Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jim Bellows (November 12, 1922 March 6, 2009) was considered to be one of the most influential figures in American journalism of the 20th century. Bellows was born to a wealthy Ohio family, and left home at 13 years of age to attend South Kent School--a private boarding school for boys in South Kent, Connecticut--graduating in 1940. "We were not cradled through those years, and it (South Kent) was a wonderful place to build character." Bellows went on to graduate from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, in 1944 with a B.A. in philosophy.