| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations |
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Gales and Seaton -- Horace Greeley's Washington correspondents -- Horace White speculates on the war -- Ben: Perley Poore and the Bohemian brigade -- Uriah Hunt Painter, lobbyist -- General Boynton makes peace -- James G. Blaine, journalist and politician -- Emily Briggs and the women correspondents -- The Senate fires James Rankin Young -- David Barry and the loyalty of the Senate -- Richard V. Oulahan, bureau chief |
| Summary |
'Press Gallery' examines the lives of Greeley, Horace White, Ben"" Perley Poore, Emily Briggs, Jane Grey Swisshelm, James G. Blaine, and others who were positioned in the hub of government when the Civil War, the purchase of Alaska, the Credit Mobilier scandal, and the Johnson impeachment hearings were making front-page news |
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Politics Reporting By News media |
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Washington (D.C.) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
United States. Congress -- Reporters and reporting -- History
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United States. Congress fast |
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Journalists -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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Press and politics -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Journalists
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Politics and government
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Press and politics
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Reporters and reporting
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Perswezen.
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Het Congres.
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Politieke situatie.
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Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145356
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Washington (D.C.)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0674703758 |
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9780674703759 |
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0674703766 |
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9780674703766 |
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9780674042780 |
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0674042786 |
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