LEADER 03735nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910820326303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-73129-3 010 $a9786611731298 010 $a0-300-13309-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300133097 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472047 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000186030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174719 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186030 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10217201 035 $a(PQKB)10963197 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419887 035 $a(DE-B1597)485327 035 $a(OCoLC)952732211 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300133097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173129 035 $a(OCoLC)923588170 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7025261 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7025261 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472047 100 $a20050608d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Wilkes $ethe scandalous father of civil liberty /$fArthur H. Cash 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (496 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10871-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 451-463) and index. 327 $aThe making of a gentleman -- The squire of Aylesbury -- Into Parliament -- The North Briton -- Number 45 -- The Great George Street printing shop -- Trials and a trial of honor -- Exile -- The Middlesex election controversy -- Incapacitation -- The City of London -- My lord mayor -- Poverty, paternity, and parliamentary reform -- Chamberlain. 330 $aOne of the most colorful figures in English political history, John Wilkes (1726-97) is remembered as the father of the British free press, defender of civil and political liberties, and hero to American colonists, who attended closely to his outspoken endorsements of liberty. Wilkes's political career was rancorous, involving duels, imprisonments in the Tower of London, and the Massacre of St. George's Fields in which seven of his supporters were shot to death by government troops. He was equally famous for his "private" life-a confessed libertine, a member of the notorious Hellfire Club, and the author of what has been called the dirtiest poem in the English language.This lively biography draws a full portrait of John Wilkes from his childhood days through his heyday as a journalist and agitator, his defiance of government prosecutions for libel and obscenity, his fight against exclusion from Parliament, and his service as lord mayor of London on the eve of the American Revolution. Told here with the force and immediacy of a firsthand newspaper account, Wilkes's own remarkable story is inseparable from the larger story of modern civil liberties and how they came to fruition. 606 $aFreedom of the press$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aCivil rights$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPoliticians$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aJournalists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1760-1789 615 0$aFreedom of the press$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aJournalists 676 $a941.07/3/092 676 $aB 700 $aCash$b Arthur H$g(Arthur Hill),$f1922-$0196612 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820326303321 996 $aJohn Wilkes$94188760 997 $aUNINA