Infamous scribblers : the founding fathers and the rowdy beginnings of American journalism
This lively, fascinating account of the surprisingly raucous journalism of the Revolutionary era--and how it helped to build a nation that has endured--offers new perspective on today's media wars
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9781586485436, 1586485431
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Introduction: Inappropriate Behavior
Part I. The Role of Authority
1. The End of the Beginning
2. Publishing by Authority
3. Defying Authority
4. The Sounds of Silence Dogood
5. Science, Sex, and Super Crown Soap
6. The End of Authority
Part II. The Approach of War
7. Severing the Snake
8. The Weekly Dung Barge"
9. The Tory Dung Barge
10. The Shot Spread 'Cross the Page
11. Uncommon Prose
12. A Sword of a Different Kind
Part III. The Tumult of Peace
13. The Passionate Decade
14. The Not-So-Unlikely Target
15. The Gazette ..
16. ... versus the Gazette
17. Dark Whispers on the Page
18. "The Arising Vapour"
19. Cobbett's Quills
20. Sedition
21. Master and Mistress
22. Post-Script
Epilogue: Renewed Subscriptions
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