UID:
almafu_9960112612202883
Format:
1 online resource (309 p.)
ISBN:
9780674042780
Content:
Donald Ritchie examines the lives of early, self-styled congressional journalists such as Horace Greeley, Emily Briggs, Benjamin Perley Poore, Jane Grey Swisshelm, Horace White, James G. Blaine, and others who were positioned in the hub of government when the Civil War, the purchase of Alaska, the Crédit Mobilier scandal, and the Johnson impeachment hearings were making front-page news. Rich in anecdote, this lively book illuminates an important era of journalism and American history. The nascent issues of censorship, right to privacy, and conflict of interest that it describes are still very much with us.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Introduction --
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1 Gales and Seaton --
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2 Horace Greeley;'s Washington Correspondents --
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3 Horace White Speculates on the War --
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4 Ben: Perley Poore and the Bohemian Brigade --
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5 Uriah Hunt Painter, Lobbyist --
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6 General Boynton Makes Peace --
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7 James G. Blaine, Journalist and Politician --
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8 Emily Briggs and the Women Correspondents --
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9 The Senate Fires James Rankin Young --
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10 David Barry and the Loyalty of the Senate --
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11 Richard V. Oulahan, Bureau Chief --
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Afterword --
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Notes --
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Bibliographical Essay --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674042780
URL:
Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674042780
URL:
Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674042780
